Putin met with Wagner chief days after tried mutiny, Kremlin reveals

Jul 11, 2023 at 2:54 AM

ussian President Vladimir Putin met with mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin days after he led his personal military on a short-lived rebel towards Moscow, the Kremlin has revealed.

Mr Prigozhin and his personal Wagner group carried out the tried rebellion on June 24, taking management of the Russian metropolis of Rostov in what Putin branded a “treasonous mutiny”.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has now revealed a three-hour assembly occurred June 29 – 5 days after Mr Prigozhin staged an tried rebellion – between the president and the mercenary chief.

It additionally concerned commanders from Wagner, the navy firm Mr Prigozhin based.

Mr Peskov mentioned that in the course of the assembly, Putin supplied an “assessment” of the Wagner group’s actions on the battlefield in Ukraine and “of the events of June 24.”

The president additionally “listened to the explanations of the commanders and offered them options for further employment and further use in combat,” the Kremlin spokesman mentioned.

“The commanders themselves presented their version of what happened. They underscored that they are staunch supporters and soldiers of the head of state and the commander-in-chief, and also said that they are ready to continue to fight for their homeland,” Mr Peskov mentioned.