LVIV, Ukraine/WASHINGTON - President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russian forces have effectively seized control of the key port city of Mariupol as they launch a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine, while calling off plans to storm a steel plant where thousands of people remained holed up.
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