The Kremlin said the Wagner commanders pledged their allegiance to President Vladimir Putin. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 29, five days after the groupKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Mr Putin invited 35 people to the meeting, including unit commanders, and that it lasted three hours. The Wagner commanders told Mr Putin they were his soldiers and would continue to fight for him, Mr Peskov said.
It was defused in a deal brokered by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Mr Putin has since thanked his army and security services for averting chaos and civil war. Prigozhin has said the mutiny was not aimed at overthrowing the government but at “bringing to justice” the army and defence chiefs for what he called their blunders and unprofessional actions in Ukraine.he was back in Russia and that Wagner fighters had not yet taken up an offer to relocate to Belarus, raising questions about the implementation of the agreement. REUTERS
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