Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 29, five days after the group marched towards Moscow, Kremlin said on Monday.

According to the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Putin invited 35 people to the meeting, including unit commanders, who told reporters it lasted three hours.

Peskov said the Wagner chief assured Putin they were his soldiers and would continue fighting for him.

The brief uprising orchestrated by Prigozhin, in which Wagner fighters seized control of Rostov in the south, presented Putin with the most severe threat to his hold on power since assuming the role of Russia’s supreme leader on the final day of 1999.

During the meeting, President Putin “gave his assessment” of the rebellion, Peskov continued.

The official said the Kremlin leader was reassured that the Wagner commanders were still loyal and would continue fighting for Russia as they explained their revolt.

Putin characterized the failed insurrection as a victory for law and order over the Wagner threat following the rebellion. He advised state investigators to pay strict attention to the millions of dollars in state subsidies Prigozhin has received.

Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, mediated a deal to defuse it. Putin has since expressed gratitude to his military and security forces for preventing anarchy and civil war.

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