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3 months into the Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 24)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Smoke and debris ascend after a strike at a factory in the city of Soledar, in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, on Tuesday. At the three-month point since Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine, fighting has been intensifying in the east.

It's been three months since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. As Tuesday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments:

. Militarily, on almost every front, over the three months of

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