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It happened
This marks the beginning of a new part of the story.
the twelfth year ... fifth day ... tenth month
"year 12 ... day 5 ... month 10"
on the fifth day of the tenth month
This is the tenth month of the Hebrew calendar. The fifth day is near the beginning of January on Western calendars.
of our captivity
"after we became captives" or "after the Babylonians took us as captives to Babylon". This refers to Ezekiel and the Israelites who have been in Babylon since the time the Babylonians forced King Jehoiachin to leave Jerusalem, but not to the reader.
a fugitive came to me from Jerusalem
"someone escaped from Jerusalem and came to me" The Babylonians had destroyed Jerusalem and killed the people of Jerusalem, but a few people escaped.
The city has been captured
"The Babylonians have destroyed Jerusalem"