Story: Russia-Ukraine war: day 488; Russia-Wagner update. ; 28-06-2023;
• Military equipment to be hand over to Russian Armed forces. The mercenaries from the exiled group have several choices left, top being, join Russian armed forces, be retired and sent to their home, or face exile in Belarus (meaning, joining the wagner leader in Belarus).
• President Alexander Lukashenko confirmed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Belarus. Earlier there were no confirmation of the whereabouts of latter.
The Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko brokered deal between Putin and Prigozhin has taken its full effects as of Tuesday, the charges against the mercenary group leader were removed, by Russian Federal Security Service (RSB.)
• Prigozhin (Wagner Boss) was under investigation after he commanded an “armed mutiny” or the “Justice March (as Wagner called it)” in Russia, following its rift with the top Russian military officials. Prigozhin said that its troops were being bombed by military, earlier.
“Preparations are underway for the transfer of Wagner PMC (private military company) heavy military equipment to the active units of the Russian Armed Forces,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Telegram. Moscow says preparations are underway for transfer of Wagner equipment to the Russian military.
According to a report by the Belarusian news agency Belta, Belarus president Lukashenko said the country is ready to shelter Wagner troops on an abandoned base.
“We offered them one of the abandoned military bases. Please – we have a fence, we have everything – put up your tents,” Lukashenko said.
Prigozhin claimed that he did not plan to overthrow the Russian government but instead wanted to "voice protest" and prevent the Wagner Group from being disbanded, saying the Russian Defense Ministry had planned to sign contracts by July 1 with all Wagner fighters, making the group part of the regular army, which "would destroy its combat capability."
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Putin himself said that it was like a “Knife in the back of our people”, and that this will be dealt with. Putin in his address, after the events, used words like “betrayal.”
Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke first time since the end of the armed mutiny, which shook the world, as well as Russia, Putin talked about the bravery of the pilots who lost their lives defending against Wagner. Putin also praised military, police, civilians for not supporting the rebels.
“The courage and self-sacrifice of the fallen heroes-pilots saved Russia from tragic, devastating consequences,” Putin said in a speech on Monday night. There has been no official information about how many pilots died or how many aircraft were shot down. “The army and people were not on the side of the mutineers,” Putin said.
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