President Vladimir Putin recounted to Russian business daily Kommersant his own version of a Kremlin event attended by 35 Wagner commanders, including the.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he offered mercenaries from the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under the same officer when he met with them five days after the group's abortive revolt last month that posed the most serious threat to his 23-year rule amid the war in Ukraine
Putin says he offered the militia a chance to continue serving in Ukraine as a single unit under their existing battlefield commander if they signed a contract with the Russian defense ministry.