On the Road With Ukraine’s Refugees

<p><i>This episode contains strong language. </i></p><p>In response to Russia’s increasingly brutal campaign against Ukrainian towns and cities, an estimated 1.5 million people — most of them women and children — have fled Ukraine over the past 10 days. It’s the fastest displacement of people in Europe since World War II.</p><p>While evacuating the capital city of Kyiv for Lviv in the west, a seven-hour journey that took two days and nights, the Daily host Sabrina Tavernise traveled alongside some of those fleeing the conflict.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>With most Ukrainian men legally prohibited from leaving Ukraine, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/world/europe/ukraine-poland-families-separation.html?smid=pc-thedaily">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?smid=pc-thedaily">become a transit point for thousands of fleeing refugees</a> and for men and supplies headed to the front lines.</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>