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Sunak in close contact with allies after deal to end Russian rebellion
Rishi Sunak will stay in close contact with Western allies after a deal was struck to end the Wagner rebellion in Russia.
The UK prime minister spoke to US president Joe Biden, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz this afternoon "to discuss the situation in Russia and reiterate their continuing support for Ukrainian sovereignty", Downing Street said.
"The leaders have agreed to stay in close contact in the coming days," a No 10 spokesperson said.
It followed a meeting of the government's emergency COBRA committee chaired by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who also joined a call with fellow G7 foreign ministers to discuss the fast-moving situation.
The Wagner group's boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has agreed to leave Russia as part of the deal to end his uprising and charges against him will be dropped, the Kremlin has said.
Russian authorities will not prosecute troops who joined him in the mutiny and will offer Russian military contracts to those who did not, it added.