Russian Foreign Intelligence Service director Sergey Naryshkin has revealed that he spoke with CIA Director William Burns days after the Wagner Group rebellion.

Naryshkin told Russia's TASS news agency on Wednesday that the conversation took place in late June at the initiative of the US side, against the backdrop of the Wagner Group's attempt to armed insurgency in Russia.

He added that during the conversation with Burns, he also answered questions about the events of June 24, when Wagner President Yevgeny Prigozhin and his forces occupied the Russian city of Rostov and sent a military column towards Moscow.

The two sides touched on the Ukraine crisis and what to do about it, and pointed out that the conversation lasted about an hour.

Naryshkin explained that the conditions for negotiations with Kiev have not yet been met, "but of course negotiations will be possible sooner or later, because every conflict, even if it is armed, ends in negotiations, and yet, the conditions for this have not yet been met," he said.


Wagner weapon

Meanwhile, the Russian military said it had received more than two thousand pieces of military equipment from the Wagner Group, including tanks, following its short-lived insurgency last month.

The group, which was instrumental in the offensive on Ukraine, sought to topple Russia's military leadership during its insurgency before backing down.

"We received more than two thousand pieces of equipment and weapons," the Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that the army also received about 2500,20 tons of ammunition and about <>,<> light weapons, noting that a large number of them were not used in combat.

The Defense Ministry also said the weapons were moved to rear locations where equipment could be serviced or repaired.

The whereabouts of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin remain unknown, following an agreement with the Kremlin that allowed him to go to neighboring Belarus.

But Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told reporters earlier this month that Prigozhin, 62, was not on Belarusian soil and was still in Russia.

The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin met Rygozhin after the rebellion during an hours-long meeting in Moscow.