Preparations are under way for Wagner to hand over its heavy military hardware, Russia’s defence ministry says, following Saturday's failed rebellion

WAGNER TO HAND OVER HEAVY WEAPONS AS MUTINY FINISHES SAYS RUSSIA

1. Preparations are under way for Wagner to hand over its heavy military hardware, Russia’s defence ministry says, following Saturday's failed rebellion
2. Russian media cites the FSB security service as saying the criminal case against Wagner mutineers has been closed
3. In a speech on Monday, Vladimir Putin confirmed Wagner fighters can choose to join the Russian military, return to their families or go to Belarus
   
   
   
4. The Russian president also confirmed Russian army pilots were killed in clashes with Wagner troops during the rebellion
5. Also speaking on Monday, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said his short-lived rebellion was a response to government plans to take direct control of the mercenary group
6. He agreed to leave Russia for Belarus after calling off his troops - and on Tuesday, a plane linked to Prigozhin landed in the capital, Minsk
7. In the same city, Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko said the mutiny has been "painful to watch" and during it he had ordered his country's army to be "combat ready"
8. Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed the counter-offensive had made advances on all fronts.
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