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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 4)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Yevghen Zbormyrsky, 49, is comforted as he stands in front of his burning home after it was shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. The U.N. Human Rights Council overwhelmingly voted to create a top-level investigation into violations committed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

As Friday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:

as Russian forces continue to bombard Kyiv in an attempt to take the north of the city still does not appear to be moving, U.S. officials say. In the southern port city of much of the city, including key facilities such as broadcast towers.

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