Peskov claims Putin met with Prigozhin after mutiny

Russian Kommersant media reported that, citing Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

"Indeed, the president had such a meeting. He invited 35 people to it. All the department commanders and company commanders. Including Prigozhin himself. This meeting took place in the Kremlin on June 29," Peskov said.

The Russian leader's spokesman emphasized that the conversation lasted almost three hours.

The details are not disclosed, but it is known what topics were allegedly covered during the meeting.

"What we can say is that the president assessed the company's actions at the front during the special military operation and also gave his assessment of the events of June 24," he added.

At the same time, Putin offered the Wagner mercenaries a job: "The commanders themselves presented their version of what happened. They emphasized that they are staunch supporters and soldiers of the head of state and the supreme commander-in-chief. They also said they were ready to continue fighting for their homeland."

Prigozhin's mutiny in Russia

On June 23, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the Wagner base. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner PMC, announced a "march of justice" and stated that 25,000 mercenaries were heading to Moscow after the Russian leadership refused to hand over Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.

On June 26, Putin gave a speech in which he offered the Wagner PMC fighters three options for future actions: join the Russian army, go to Belarus with other PMC members, or return to their families.

On June 27, the Federal Security Service of Russia announced that it dropped the criminal case related to the armed plot, in which Wagner PMC leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was involved.

On the same day, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus confirmed the arrival of Yevgeny Prigozhin in the country. According to him, the Wagner mercenaries who arrived with him would not guard the Russian tactical nuclear weapons stationed there.

On July 3, Russian media published photos taken by local residents showing an alleged Wagner camp in the Mogilev region of Belarus. Instead, Ukrainian intelligence noted that Prigozhin is unlikely to move all the fighters to Belarus and will not stay there permanently. Obviously, it is a matter of redeploying some of the Wagner soldiers.

On July 6, Lukashenko said that the Wagner mercenaries were in their field camps, and the company's founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was in Russia.

Germany's Federal Intelligence Service may have listened to a conversation between self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Yevgeny Prigozhin during the Wagner PMC mutiny in Russia.

On July 9, UK intelligence analyzed how Russian propaganda media covered the armed rebellion of Wagner PMC mercenaries led by their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. According to experts, this happened in three stages.