Despite the Russian leader's 2022 declaration, Moscow does not fully control these Ukrainian regions but hopes that the U.S.

Ukrainian forces have seized the settlement of Nadiya, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank.

Mohammad-Sadeq Hamidian, the head of the province’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture, said that 3.435 million tons of non-oil goods valued at $1.136 billion were exported from ...