Russian President Vladimir Putin met on past June 29 with the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhinafter his failed rebellionThe Kremlin reported today.

The meeting, which was also attended by all the commanders of the mercenary company, lasted “for three hours”, said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, in his daily press conference, adding that the meeting had 35 participants.

During it, Putin “gave his assessment of the performance of the company (Wagner) at the front in the framework of the special military operation [eufemismo con el que Rusia se refiere a la guerra en Ucrania] and also of the events of June 24“, alluding to the mutiny led by Prigozhin, who miscarried when his soldiers were about 200 kilometers from Moscow.

Putin listened to “the explanations of the commanders” and offered them employment options after the rebellion, according to the Kremlin: “The commanders themselves presented their version of what happened and stressed that they were staunch supporters and soldiers of the head of state and the commander in boss,” added Peskov. Wagner’s leaders “also said that they were willing to continue fighting for the fatherland”: “That is all we can say about that meeting,” he concluded.