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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. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images 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. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images 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: Signs are growing that the war could become a protracted stalemate. Militarily, on almost every front, The prospect of a major Russian advance appears less likely, but the Russians now control an unbroken swath of Ukrainian territory from the Donbas region in the east, to Crimea in the south. Russian troops have captured two important southern cities of Mariupol and Kherson, cutting Ukraine off the Sea of Azov. Heavy fighting Almost 6.6 million people fled Ukraine during the war , but also more than 2 million Ukrainians have crossed into Ukraine. Queues Fears of a global food crisis are growing as the shock from the war added to climate change and rising inflation concerns. Ukraine and Russia combined pro...

A resident walks on Sunday in a flooded street after the Kakhovka Dam burst and unleashed floodwaters, in Kherson, Ukraine. Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week. What to watch Ukraine's counteroffensive to recapture territory from Russian forces is being closely watched. NATO's kicking off a two-week military exercise called Russia is celebrating Russia Day, with President Vladimir Putin saying at a " The White House had to reschedule a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House and other planned meetings because President Biden had a root canal. Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is Officials from Turkey and Sweden are due for talks this week on the Swedish bid to join NATO. NATO member states' defense chiefs will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday. A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission is scheduled for Thursday. What happened last week Ukraine launched its much-awaited counteroffensive, hitting different points of Russia's defensive lines with newly NATO-supplied weaponry and Ukraine's Kakhovka Dam burst, flooding areas with homes and farms and leading to major potential environmental and food problems. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the dam's destruction, while Ukraine's leader called for an international investigation. Seismic Another American was detained in Russia. A court in Moscow accused Michael Tra...

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