Russian defence minister appears for first time since Wagner mutiny

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Deputy Defence Minister Nikolay Pankov attend a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with graduates of the country's military higher education institutions at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 21, 2023. Sputnik/Yegor Aleev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) -Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared for the first time since a deal was struck on Saturday to end what the authorities had called an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group aimed at ousting him.

In a video released on Monday morning by the Russian Defence Ministry, Shoigu was shown flying in a plane with a colleague and hearing reports at a command post run by Russia's Zapad (West) military grouping.