Unfortunately, there are some 'Powered by Tuya' Zigbee devices that do not work with HE. For example, latest revisions of TS004F scene switches. The cheap Zigbee Tuya motion sensors are another example. These work without any problems paired to Tuya zigbee hubs, that can be purchased for just $18 ..$19!
Yesterday I remembered that I have in my junk box a Tuya E12 color WiFi bulb that I never used. It took me less than a hour to setup the Tuya V2 experimental integration in HomeAssistant. The few Tuya devices that I have, including a Zigbee hub were successfully linked to HA! I quickly tested controlling the bulb from a Node-red flow and it worked really fast.
So, Tuya V2 local control integration for HA is already there and it really works locally, once setup.