Peskov called Putin’s decisive efforts to resolve the rebellion

The efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin were decisive in stabilizing the situation that arose during the attempted military rebellion on June 24, said Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary.

Journalists asked Peskov to comment on the assessment of the events, which was given by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, saying that “the situation was missed.”

“I don’t think I have the right to comment on Alexander Grigorievich. The President just yesterday praised his efforts to resolve this crisis. Well, of course, the main thing here is the effort of the President of the Russian Federation, it is his will to prevent the worst development of events. It was done,” Peskov replied.

Lukashenka urged “do not make heroes” either from him, or from Putin, or from the founder of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin. “Because we missed the situation, and then we thought that it would resolve, but it did not resolve. And two people who fought at the front collided. There are no heroes in this case,” he said.

In his address to the nation on the evening of June 26, Putin said that the vast majority of the fighters and commanders of the Wagner group “are also patriots of Russia.” “Therefore, from the very beginning of the events, on my direct instructions, steps were taken to avoid a lot of bloodshed. This took time, including to give those who made a mistake a chance to change their minds,” he said.

An attempt at a military mutiny by PMC “Wagner” was made on the night of June 24. On the evening of June 23, Prigozhin published reports of a strike on the rear camps of the company and blamed the army for this. The Ministry of Defense called the information false and described it as a provocation. Already in the morning, Wagner controlled Rostov-on-Don, capturing all the military facilities of the city, after which the PMC began to advance towards Moscow. Later, the FSB of Russia opened a criminal case against Prigozhin under the article on armed rebellion.

On the evening of June 24, Prigozhin announced the stoppage of traffic to Moscow. The Kremlin reported that Lukashenka participated in negotiations to resolve the situation with the founder of the PMC. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov also said that as a result, an agreement was reached that the criminal case initiated against Prigozhin would be terminated, and he would move to Belarus.