NNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the military personnel who prevented a quot;civil warquot; during the Wagner armed group#39;s rebellion last weekend and paid tribute to the army pilots who were killed by the rebels, according tonbsp;quot;AFPquot;.
Putin said during a ceremony in Moscow: quot;With comrades-in-arms, you stood in the face of these unrest, the result of which was inevitable chaos….In fact, you prevented a civil war,quot; he said, calling for a minute of silence for the souls of the pilots who were killed by the rebels, quot;while they were performing their duty magnanimously.quot;
He stressed that quot;no Russian soldier participating in operations in Ukraine has been returned to Russia to stop the Wagner Group insurgency.quot;
quot;We did not have to withdraw combat units from the special military operation area,quot; he said.
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