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'''Sarah Ashton-Cirillo''', formerly [[Sarah Cirillo]] and [[Sarah Ashton]], is an American former journalist, as of late September 2023 suspended from her role as a spokesperson for Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces, in which she is a junior sergeant. A self-described "recovering political operative" from Las Vegas, Nevada, she was active in Nevada politics from 2020 to 2021, including an abortive run for Las Vegas City Council. She arrived in [[Ukraine]] in March 2022, shortly after the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|full-scale Russian invasion]], and has variously served as a war correspondent, a representative in aid negotiations, a civilian analyst with the Ministry of Defence, and a combat medic.<ref>''[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/meet-the-transgender-war-correspondent-breaking-stereotypes-in-ukraine "Meet the transgender war correspondent breaking stereotypes in Ukraine"]''</ref>
 
'''Sarah Ashton-Cirillo''', formerly [[Sarah Cirillo]] and [[Sarah Ashton]], is an American former journalist, as of late September 2023 suspended from her role as a spokesperson for Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces, in which she is a junior sergeant. A self-described "recovering political operative" from Las Vegas, Nevada, she was active in Nevada politics from 2020 to 2021, including an abortive run for Las Vegas City Council. She arrived in [[Ukraine]] in March 2022, shortly after the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|full-scale Russian invasion]], and has variously served as a war correspondent, a representative in aid negotiations, a civilian analyst with the Ministry of Defence, and a combat medic.<ref>''[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/meet-the-transgender-war-correspondent-breaking-stereotypes-in-ukraine "Meet the transgender war correspondent breaking stereotypes in Ukraine"]''</ref>
  
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Sarah Ashton-Cirillo reported on the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] from Kharkiv, Ukraine, primarily for ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_Nation LGBTQ Nation,]'' often writing about the war's effect on LGBTQ people. A trans woman, she is thought to have been the first openly transgender war correspondent and the only transgender journalist covering the invasion. In Kharkiv, she worked closely with the Ukrainian military and police, and was appointed by the mayor of Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast, as a representative to advocate with aid groups. After witnessing and reporting on the October 2022 Kyiv missile strikes—including posting a controversial widely shared video that showed a dead body—she resigned from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_Nation LGBTQ Nation]'' to become a combat medic in Ukraine's Noman Çelebicihan Battalion, a Crimean Tatar unit. In February 2023, she was wounded by Russian shelling while serving on the front lines in the Donbas with the 209th Battalion of the 113th Kharkiv Defence Brigade. She was subsequently assigned to the Territorial Defence Forces, and became one of its English-language spokespeople in early August 2023; she was suspended in late September pending investigation of unspecified unapproved statements.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/TDF_UA/status/1704513695508774938 "Statement of the Command of the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regarding some statements of the spokesperson of the TDF, Junior Sergeant Sarah Ashton-Cirillo"]''</ref>
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==Transgender journalist==
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Sarah Ashton-Cirillo reported on the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] from Kharkiv, Ukraine, primarily for ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_Nation LGBTQ Nation,]'' often writing about the war's effect on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_community lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.] A [[trans woman]], she is thought to have been the first openly transgender war correspondent and the only transgender journalist covering the invasion. In Kharkiv, she worked closely with the Ukrainian military and police, and was appointed by the mayor of Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast, as a representative to advocate with aid groups. After witnessing and reporting on the October 2022 Kyiv missile strikes—including posting a controversial widely shared video that showed a dead body—she resigned from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_Nation LGBTQ Nation]'' to become a combat medic in Ukraine's Noman Çelebicihan Battalion, a Crimean Tatar unit.
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===Wounded===
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In February 2023, she was wounded by Russian shelling while serving on the front lines in the Donbas with the 209th Battalion of the 113th Kharkiv Defence Brigade. She was subsequently assigned to the Territorial Defence Forces, and became one of its English-language spokespeople in early August 2023; she was suspended in late September pending investigation of unspecified unapproved statements.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/TDF_UA/status/1704513695508774938 "Statement of the Command of the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regarding some statements of the spokesperson of the TDF, Junior Sergeant Sarah Ashton-Cirillo"]''</ref>
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==Disturbed American==
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On 20 September 2023, [[Glenn Greenwald]] posted on [[X]]:{{QB|
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:[[Ukraine]]'s military has long been employing a disturbed American, @SarahAshtonLV, as its English spokesperson.
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:We covered last week their insane, deranged threats to hunt down and punish all "Russian propagandists," meaning anyone (including Americans) critical of Ukraine:<ref>''[https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1704541553224556889 "Disturbed American Sarah Ashton-Cirillo"]''</ref>}}
  
 
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Revision as of 11:51, 21 September 2023

Person.png Sarah Ashton-Cirillo  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(trans woman, journalist)
Born9 July 1977
NationalityAmerican

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, formerly Sarah Cirillo and Sarah Ashton, is an American former journalist, as of late September 2023 suspended from her role as a spokesperson for Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces, in which she is a junior sergeant. A self-described "recovering political operative" from Las Vegas, Nevada, she was active in Nevada politics from 2020 to 2021, including an abortive run for Las Vegas City Council. She arrived in Ukraine in March 2022, shortly after the full-scale Russian invasion, and has variously served as a war correspondent, a representative in aid negotiations, a civilian analyst with the Ministry of Defence, and a combat medic.[1]

Transgender journalist

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo reported on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine from Kharkiv, Ukraine, primarily for LGBTQ Nation, often writing about the war's effect on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. A trans woman, she is thought to have been the first openly transgender war correspondent and the only transgender journalist covering the invasion. In Kharkiv, she worked closely with the Ukrainian military and police, and was appointed by the mayor of Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast, as a representative to advocate with aid groups. After witnessing and reporting on the October 2022 Kyiv missile strikes—including posting a controversial widely shared video that showed a dead body—she resigned from LGBTQ Nation to become a combat medic in Ukraine's Noman Çelebicihan Battalion, a Crimean Tatar unit.

Wounded

In February 2023, she was wounded by Russian shelling while serving on the front lines in the Donbas with the 209th Battalion of the 113th Kharkiv Defence Brigade. She was subsequently assigned to the Territorial Defence Forces, and became one of its English-language spokespeople in early August 2023; she was suspended in late September pending investigation of unspecified unapproved statements.[2]

Disturbed American

On 20 September 2023, Glenn Greenwald posted on X:

Ukraine's military has long been employing a disturbed American, @SarahAshtonLV, as its English spokesperson.
We covered last week their insane, deranged threats to hunt down and punish all "Russian propagandists," meaning anyone (including Americans) critical of Ukraine:[3]


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References

  1. ↑ "Meet the transgender war correspondent breaking stereotypes in Ukraine"
  2. ↑ "Statement of the Command of the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regarding some statements of the spokesperson of the TDF, Junior Sergeant Sarah Ashton-Cirillo"
  3. ↑ "Disturbed American Sarah Ashton-Cirillo"
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