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Yevgeny Prigozhin’s uprising ‘would have been suppressed in any case’ Vladimir Putin has said in a late night statement.
It was the first time Putin reappeared in public since the Wagner chief abandoned his armed mutiny on Saturday evening, with the Russian president also thanking mercenary fighters and commanders who had stood down to avoid bloodshed.
The Russian president said that the group’s fighters had the choice to sign a contract with the ministry of defence or relocate to Belarus if they wanted to, as part of a settlement negotiated with the Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko
Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates
Date: June 27, 2023
