Asami Terajima
Reporter at The Kyiv Independent
Reporter at @KyivIndependent | Write me: [email protected]
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2 days ago |
kyivindependent.com | Asami Terajima
In the middle of the night, Russian President Vladimir Putin gathered Russian state TV to inform them that he is ready to begin direct peace talks with Ukraine on May 15. A day later, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he'll be waiting for Putin in Turkey. "We expect Russia to confirm a full, durable, and reliable ceasefire starting May 12, and Ukraine is ready to meet," Zelensky said. The statements by Moscow and Kyiv caught the attention of the main viewer — U.S. President Donald Trump.
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1 week ago |
kyivindependent.com | Asami Terajima
As the air defense missile stocks run low and the future of U.S. military aid to Ukraine grows increasingly uncertain, Kyiv is under pressure to defend its sky. The concerns mount as Russia scales up its aerial attacks across Ukraine, combining ballistic missiles and drones to overwhelm air defenses. Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, are "definitely facing a shortage of (air defense) missiles," a source in the Air Force told the Kyiv Independent.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Chris York |Asami Terajima |Francis Farrell
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he believes Ukraine will be "crushed very shortly," as it is up against Russia's "big war machine" that it cannot defeat. "I think I'm saving that nation. I think I'm doing a great service to Ukraine. I believe that," he said in an interview with The Atlantic published April 28. Trump's comments come as his administration's self-declared deadline of 100 days to end the war in Ukraine approaches this week, with the goal still a long way from completion.
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2 weeks ago |
kyivindependent.com | Asami Terajima
North Korean troops fighting for Russia in Kursk Oblast could be redeployed to fight in Ukraine itself, experts and Ukrainian officials have told the Kyiv Independent, though there is still much uncertainty about the next steps Pyongyang's soldiers could take. Such a move would have huge ramifications for Russia's full-scale invasion, and far-reaching implications for the international community.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Asami Terajima
North Korean troops fighting for Russia in Kursk Oblast could be redeployed to fight in Ukraine itself, experts and Ukrainian officials have told the Kyiv Independent, though there is still much uncertainty about the next steps Pyongyang's soldiers could take. Such a move would have huge ramifications for Russia's full-scale invasion, and far-reaching implications for the international community.
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Our deep dive into the key issues in Ukraine's training system that lead to irreversible losses on the battlefield, where manpower shortage remains critical. "(New soldiers) run out quickly, even before they get to the line of contact," one officer said. https://t.co/l6rb0eIFb3
RT @ChrisDYork: This week’s essential read - @AsamiTerajima takes you inside Ukraine’s desperate race to train more soldiers. https://t.co…
The elite Air Assault brigades, with experience from Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, demonstrated their level in the initial breakthrough, but over time, "the paratroopers turned into battered infantry," Yaroslav from Special Forces said. https://t.co/DJqJr7vxM9
