The Donetsk People's Militia and Luhansk People's Militia (formerly also called Russian separatist forces in Donbas) are militias and armed volunteer groups that are being integrated into the Russian military. Prior to the declared Russian annexation on September 30, 2022, they were affiliated with the former Russian-recognized regimes in the occupied territories of the Donbas region of Ukraine: the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).