"Meeting After Mutiny: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Head of Wagner, Convenes with Russia's President Vladimir Putin"

After the attempted Wagner group protest last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin, met with mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Prigozhin, the leader of the mercenary outfit, was among the 35 Wagner commanders invited to the meeting in Moscow.

According to him, President Putin provided an "assessment" of the mutiny and the Ukrainian combat effort.

The June 23 insurrection only lasted for 24 hours.

Charges against Prigozhin were dropped as part of a deal to put an end to the mutiny, which saw Wagner forces seize a city and march on Moscow. He was also given the option of moving to Belarus.

Wagner and Russia's military ministry had fought in front of the entire country about how the war should be fought. Prigozhin had frequently charged the ministry with neglecting to arm his group.

However, Mr. Peskov claimed on Monday that the Wagner commander was one of the generals who had been given a Kremlin invitation five days after the mutiny's defeat.

According to Mr. Peskov, as quoted by the news agency Interfax, "The president has provided a comprehensive evaluation of the company's efforts on the frontline."

"He also evaluated the events of June 24. Putin listened to the commanders' justifications and made alternate suggestions for their upcoming job and combat applications.

Wagner informed Mr. Putin that he had Wagner's unwavering support, according to the spokesman.

Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus, claimed Prigozhin was in Russia on Thursday. He was the one who mediated the agreement that put an end to the mutiny.

 

Late in June, Prigozhin's private jet was monitored by some new agency as it travelled to Belarus and returned to Russia that same evening.

Following the Russian military incursion into Ukraine in the previous year, the Wagner Group, a paramilitary force, has actively participated in armed conflict alongside the Russian army.

 

However, as Russia suffered defeats on the battlefield, Prigozhin vented on social media about the high command.

 

The two most senior individuals in charge of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, have drawn particular criticism from him.

The revolt, according to observers, was the strongest challenge to President Putin's authority in his more than two decades in office, but Prigozhin did not express his disapproval in that manner.

 

Gen. Gerasimov has recently made his first public appearance since the mutiny.

 

There had been rumours that the general's dismissal was in exchange for the cancellation of Wagner's march. On Monday, footage that was broadcast on Russian TV showed him giving the order to target Ukrainian missile positions.

 

He is heard discussing recent events, indicating that the tape was shot after the revolt.

 

According to the video, President Vladimir Putin has kept Gen. Gerasimov and Mr. Shoigu in their positions.