KYIV, Ukraine Ukrainian forces on Tuesday battled continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights.
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