The Story Behind a Defining War Photo

<p><i>This episode details graphic scenes and contains strong language.</i></p><p>The image shows four people lying on the ground — a woman, a man and two children who had been fleeing from a suburb of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. The woman and her children had been killed by a mortar moments earlier. Around them are Ukrainian soldiers attempting to revive the man.</p><p>The picture was taken by the photojournalist Lynsey Addario, alongside Andriy Dubchak, a Ukrainian videographer. When it was published by The Times, the image became a watershed, offering irrefutable evidence that Russia’s tactics in the war were killing civilians.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/lynsey-addario?smid=pc-thedaily">Lynsey Addario</a>, a photojournalist currently working in Ukraine.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has repeatedly denied that his forces are targeting civilians. But only a handful of Ukrainian troops were near the bridge when<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/world/europe/ukrainian-family-killed-war.html"> mortar shells began raining down</a>, and they were helping refugees escape Kyiv.</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>