​An interview recorded on June 21 with Vladimir Putin was broadcast on Sunday on Russian state television, a day after Prigozhin’s uprising.

The head of the Kremlin says that he keeps a round-the-clock control over the “special operation” in Ukraine.

“Of course, I pay primary attention. That’s where the day begins and ends,” Putin said. Asked if he could get a briefing on important matters at, say, three in the morning, Putin said that “he’s been sitting late lately.” “Of course, they always have to be in touch. That’s how it happens. Always, always in touch with me,” he said in an interview with “Russia-1”, quoted by TASS.

Wagner’s mercenaries were stopped in their tracks by Yevgeny Prigozhin before they reached Moscow, where the leader of the paramilitary formation announced a break with the Russian military leadership. Soon after, the Kremlin announced that it would drop the treason charges and Prigozhin would move to Belarus.