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.
The bold campaign Ukraine launched last summer to seize and occupy Russian territory appears to be nearing an end.
The southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa was engulfed in flames late Thursday after being struck by a large-scale Russian drone attack, hours after US President Donald Trump expressed optimism about ...