Moscow has made a decision on how to proceed in the proxy war with NATO in Ukraine, but the decision is not yet known. President Putin will hold a TV speech followed by an announcement by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The parliaments of the Luhansk and Donetz People's Republics have requested their government to launch referendums about the republics' accession to the Russian Federation. The Russian parliament introduced amendments to the Russian Criminal Code which will increase the prison penalties for 'voluntary surrender', 'looting', 'non-fulfillment of military orders' during a time of mobilization, martial law and war. If the LNR and DPR vote to become part of Russia, and if Russia accepts it, any attack on them will be an act of war against Russia. The 'Special Military Operation' would thus change into something way more serious. Russia could declare the conflict to be a war and use its full arsenal against Ukraine and those who support it with weapons and other war material.