Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday made an announcement to the nation about Saturday’s aborted armed mutiny through which he thanked Wagner mercenary fighters and commanders who had stood all the way down to keep away from bloodshed.
“From the start of the events, on my orders steps were taken to avoid large-scale bloodshed,” Putin mentioned in a televised tackle, thanking Russians for his or her “endurance and unity, and patriotism”.
“It was precisely this fratricide that Russia’s enemies wanted: both the neo-Nazis in Kyiv and their Western patrons, and all sorts of national traitors. They wanted Russian soldiers to kill each other,” he mentioned.
Putin mentioned he would honour his promise to permit Wagner fighters to relocate to Belarus in the event that they needed, or to signal a contract with the Defence Ministry or just return to their households.
He made no point out of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led the mutiny.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
