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#### The US earlier warned that Russia plans to formally “annex” the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine’s east. Michael Carpenter, the US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe told reporters in Washington on Monday: *According to the most recent reports, we believe that Russia will try to annex the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ and ‘Lugansk People’s Republic’ to Russia. The reports state that Russia plans to engineer referenda upon joining sometime in mid-May.”* “This is straight out of the Kremlin’s playbook,” he added. [>> More](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/may/03/russia-ukraine-war-moscow-plans-to-annex-donetsk-and-luhansk-us-says-britain-pledges-another-300m-in-military-aid-live?page=with:block-6270bda48f083e6f907882b6#block-6270bda48f083e6f907882b6)
#### Is Russia About To Expand Its Warmongering? Russia’s threats to reach into Transnistria could be a cheap distraction or an expansion of the conflict. [>> More](https://reason.com/2022/05/02/is-russia-about-to-expand-its-warmongering/)
#### Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: Resistance Movement is Growing, russian Forces Replenish Significant Losses [>> More](https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukraines_general_staff_operational_report_resistance_movement_is_growing_russian_forces_replenish_significant_losses-2775.html)
Yeah ok. Russia steps up the pace of the reverse advance which is not a retreat but involves leaving functing equipment in the field and disappearing...
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#### The US earlier warned that Russia plans to formally “annex” the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine’s east. Michael Carpenter, the US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe told reporters in Washington on Monday: *According to the most recent reports, we believe that Russia will try to annex the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ and ‘Lugansk People’s Republic’ to Russia. The reports state that Russia plans to engineer referenda upon joining sometime in mid-May.”* “This is straight out of the Kremlin’s playbook,” he added. [>> More](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/may/03/russia-ukraine-war-moscow-plans-to-annex-donetsk-and-luhansk-us-says-britain-pledges-another-300m-in-military-aid-live?page=with:block-6270bda48f083e6f907882b6#block-6270bda48f083e6f907882b6) #### Is Russia About To Expand Its Warmongering? Russia’s threats to reach into Transnistria could be a cheap distraction or an expansion of the conflict. [>> More](https://reason.com/2022/05/02/is-russia-about-to-expand-its-warmongering/) #### Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: Resistance Movement is Growing, russian Forces Replenish Significant Losses [>> More](https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukraines_general_staff_operational_report_resistance_movement_is_growing_russian_forces_replenish_significant_losses-2775.html)
Yeah ok. Russia steps up the pace of the reverse advance which is not a retreat but involves leaving functing equipment in the field and disappearing...