Russian defence minister shown visiting troops in Ukraine after Wagner rebellion

The Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, has visited troops in Ukraine, the Russian news agency Ria reported, his first public appearance since the Wagner group mutiny at the weekend.

Shoigu has not commented on the rebellion, during which the Wagner chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, demanded the defence minister meet him in Rostov-on-Don.

In a video released by the Russian defence ministry, Shoigu is described as being in the western sector of the ‘special military operation’, Russia’s preferred term for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. There is nothing in the video that indicates where or when it was filmed

Russia releases video of defence minister in Ukraine in aftermath of Wagner rebellion