June 26 (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared for the first time since a deal was struck on Saturday to end what the authorities had called an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group aimed at ousting him.
In a video released on Monday morning by the Russian Defence Ministry, Shoigu was shown flying in a plane with a colleague and hearing reports at a command post run by Russia's Zapad (West) military grouping.
There was no sound on the video and it was not immediately clear where or when the visit had taken place.
[1/5]Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visits the advanced control post of Russian troops involved in Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unknown location, in this picture released June 26, 2023.
Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERSGerasimov has not been seen since in public, and there was no word from the Kremlin about any new personnel changes when it described the deal which had ended the mutiny.
Persons:
Sergei Shoigu, Wagner, Shoigu, Russia's Zapad, General Yevgeny Nikiforov, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Valery Gerasimov, Prigozhin, REUTERS Gerasimov, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, Andrew Osborn, Guy Faulconbridge
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Russian Defence, Russian Defence Ministry, Russia's Zvezda Defence Ministry TV Channel, General Staff, REUTERS, Kremlin, Zvezda, Reuters, Thomson
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Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Belarus