Russian President Putin insists the country is united following the Wagner Group uprising and committed to uphold the deal to end the conflict.
The deal: Putin, without mentioning Yevgeny Prigozhin by name, denounced the organizer of the uprising as a traitor.
* Prigozhin, once a close confidant of Putin, runs the mercenary Wagner Group and was exiled to Belarus as part of the deal.
Background: Prigozhin said the Wagner Group marched on Moscow to protest the failures of Russian military leadership in Ukraine and oppose the planned dissolution of the Group.
* He claimed the Group did not attack Russian soldiers, but acknowledged firing back on military forces that allegedly attacked Wagner fighters from the air.
Casualties: Putin stated some Russian pilots had died during the fighting, while Prigozhin earlier confirmed 30 Wagner fighters had been killed.
* Putin thanked the Wagner fighters who avoided bloodshed and offered them contracts with the Russian military, an option to go home or to follow Prigozhin to Belarus.
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