Putin says he will meet with mothers of troops serving in Ukraine . The Russian invasion marked the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis .
The Kremlin said on Friday that he would meet with mothers of troops serving in Ukraine, as the deadliest war in Europe since World War II approaches its 10th anniversary, and that the Russian invasion marked the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis.Putinhas said that his visit on Mothers Day, which is celebrated in Russia on the last Sunday of November, is an indication that the war has come to an end, when Russia finally stood up to an imperi Ukraine claims to fight until the last Russian soldier is ejected from its area of responsibility.Russia last publicly disclosed its losses on September 21, when Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that 5,937 Russian troops had been killed.However, this figure is far below the national average.On Nov. 9, a top general in the United States estimated that Russia and Ukraine had each seen more than 100,000 of their soldiers killed or wounded.