Four Million Ukrainians in Limbo

<p>Since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine, 10 million Ukrainians — about a quarter of the population — have been displaced, and about four million have fled the country.</p><p>Iryna Baramidze is one of them. From a middle-class neighborhood of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, she has been married to her husband for 12 years and has an 11 year-old son, Yuri.</p><p>Over three weeks, our producer Clare Toeniskoetter followed Iryna as she made an impossible choice.</p><p>Have you lost a loved one during the pandemic? The Daily is working on a special episode memorializing those we have lost to the coronavirus. If you would like to share their name on the episode, please RECORD A VOICE MEMO and send it to us at <a href="mailto:thedaily@nytimes.com">thedaily@nytimes.com</a>. You can find more information and<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/podcasts/daily-memorial-covid.html"> specific instructions here</a>.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>After<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/world/europe/biden-putin-butcher-poland-refugees.html"> meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Poland</a> last week, President Biden called Vladimir Putin “a butcher.”</li><li>As Ukrainians flood into Poland, the travel industry has become part of<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/travel/poland-ukraine-refugees.html"> an effort to supply transportation</a>, accommodation and more to the refugees.</li></ul><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>