Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the country's government and citizens for supporting "the fate of the Fatherland" during the recent armed rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group. The uprising ended with Prigozhin's troops beating a retreat over the weekend. Putin emphasized that steps were immediately taken to "neutralize the threat" and "avoid a lot of bloodshed." The U.S. thought the mutiny would be "very bloody, very violent, but it was not," according to a U.S. official. Prigozhin likely had about 10,000 troops with him during the mutiny.

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