The Wagner Group doesn’t exist, what happened at the meeting with Prigozhin? Putin himself told

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a big statement about the Wagner Group rebelling against Moscow last month. The Russian President said that the private military group does not exist as a legal entity. Prigozhin, who had fought side by side with Russian forces in Ukraine, led a dramatic uprising in Russia on 23 June. captured the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and captured the military headquarters. They organized a march to Moscow to oust the Russian military leadership, which Wagner Chief described as a march of justice.

Prigozhin claimed his troops had come within 200 kilometers of Moscow when he ordered them to stop further advances under an agreement brokered by Belarusian leader Lukashenko. In an interview with the Russian newspaper Kommersant, Putin said that he had offered the Wagner fighters a chance to continue serving after the sudden end of their insurgency.

The Russian leader’s comments came after a Kremlin meeting was held, which was attended by 35 Wagner commanders, including the group’s head Yevgeny Prigozhin, reports CNN. At that meeting, Putin said he gave the fighters an assessment of what they had done on the battlefield and showed them possible options for their further service, including the use of their combat experience.