Vladimir Putin will meet the mothers of Russian soldiers deployed to Ukraine this weekend.
marks Mother’s Day on November 27, and the Kremlin confirmed such a meeting is ‘in preparation’ for the special day.
But with some of the more than 300,000 reservists called up to fight recently, it is likely to be a somber affair. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Russian president will in the coming days meet with families of the mobilised amid‘The president often holds such meetings, they are not all public. In any case, the president receives first-hand information about the real state of affairs.’
Russia has faced major setbacks in their invasion after the humiliating withdrawal of troops from the strategicParticipants of a memorial ceremony including members of the Youth Army movement take part in the funeral of 38 pro-Russian soldiers Putin has stressed he has no regrets about launching what he calls his country’s ‘special military operation’ against Ukraine.Last week, the mothers of conscripts gathered outside the building of the Western Military District in St Petersburg.
They demanded that their sons not be sent to combat zones and transferred from military units in Belgorod and Kursk to safe regions.
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