Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, has appeared in a video released by his ministry for the first time since a mercenary uprising demanded his ouster. According to the video, Shoigu was inspecting troops in Ukraine. He can be seen in the footage flying in a helicopter and then attending a meeting with military officers at a military headquarters, supposedly in Ukraine. The footage has not been independently verified. The head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, launched an uprising on Friday night and temporarily occupied the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. He demanded the ouster of Shoigu and Russia’s chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov, before ending his rebellion late on Saturday.
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