The protests in Ukraine have taken a
deadlier turn this week, and one image in particular has captured the
Internet's attention: that of a blood-drenched father and son walking past a
Ukrainian officer in riot gear.
Taken by a Reuters freelancer named Vlad
Sodel, the photo highlights not only the devastation and violence in Kiev,
but also how civilian and government forces have been pitted against each
other.
Since the photo was posted online on Tuesday, it has gone viral on Reddit
and Twitter,
and has gone on to be used at news outlets such as the Atlantic,
Business
Insider and the New
York Daily News to represent the horrors of "Bloody
Tuesday."
"This is the kind of photograph that ends up in history books for
decades to come," wrote
one Redditor.
So who are the civilians in this photo? Internet sleuths have identified
the father as Mykola Kuznetsov, a professor at the National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. It has not been determined
whether Kuznetsov and his son were participating in protests, or whether
they were just bystanders caught in the crossfire.
But the Daily Dot has
been able to find footage of them in the aftermath, being treated by
paramedics.
Hopefully they were able to make it home safely:
Despite a
temporary truce that President Viktor Yanukovych called on
Wednesday, violence has resumed in the streets of Kiev, especially around
Independence Square. After gunfire erupted on Thursday morning, the protesters announced
that 100 people died and 500 were injured in the attack. Official counts have
not been released yet.
Our thoughts are with everyone in Ukraine.
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