Wagner mutiny: Putin meets his defence and security officials
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President Vladimir Putin has said for the first time that the Wagner mercenary group is fully backed by the state. He said it cost his nation a billion dollars last year. Russia’s president congratulated his forces and hailed their efforts to stop what he called a “civil war”. The head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has landed in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Russia