Kyiv Independent journalist Asami Terajima had intended to remain in her home city of Kyiv as the conflict in Ukraine continued to play out, but escalating tensions in the capital forced her to flee with a heavy heart earlier this month. Terajima, who was born in Japan and moved to Moscow with her parents as a child before settling in Ukraine in 2010, relocated to Lviv along with other colleagues earlier this month when it became clear that Kyiv was going to become a hot spot in the coming days and weeks. The twenty-one-year-old had wanted to stay in Kyiv but the threat of danger - and the fact she has no experience reporting in a combat zone - made it untenable for her to remain. Terajima is now focusing her coverage on what's happening in other parts of the country, including Russia's brutal attack on Mariupol.
Kyiv Independent journalist Asami Terajima. Photo: Supplied/Asami Terajima
