On the Road With Ukraine’s Refugees: An Update

<p><i>This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.</i></p><p><i>This episode contains strong language.</i></p><p>This year, in response to Russia’s increasingly brutal campaign against Ukrainian towns and cities, millions of people — most of them women and children — fled Ukraine. It was the fastest displacement of people in Europe since World War II.</p><p>Today, we return to the beginning of the invasion and reporting from our host Sabrina Tavernise, who traveled alongside some of those fleeing the conflict.</p><p><strong>Background reading</strong></p><ul><li>With most men legally prohibited from leaving Ukraine, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/world/europe/ukraine-poland-families-separation.html" target="_blank">the international border gates serve as a painful filter</a>, splitting families as women and children move on.</li><li>Spared direct attacks so far, Lviv, a city in Ukraine’s west, has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/05/world/europe/lviv-ukraine-war-russia.html" target="_blank">become a transit point for thousands of refugees</a> and for men and supplies headed to the front lines.</li></ul><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>