 The Wagner mercenary group is completing its handover of weapons to Russia's regular armed forces, the Defense Ministry said on June 12, more than two weeks after the group staged a brief armed mutiny. In a statement accompanied by video showing tanks, rockets and other heavy weapons, the ministry said Wagner had transferred more than 2,000 pieces of equipment and over 2,500 tons of ammunition. If genuine, the handover is the most concrete sign to date that Wagner, whose fighters have waged some of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of Russia's war in Ukraine, is pulling out of combat operations there.IT follows a deal with President Vladimir Putin, under which Wagner and its leader Yevgeny Prigazin, who had savagely criticized Russia's defense chiefs over their conduct of the war, called off their short-lived mutiny last month. In the armed forces of the Russian Federation, in accordance with the plan, the military equipment has been transferred more than 2,000 units of equipment and over 2,500 tons of heavy weapons, in addition, more than 2,500 tons of ammunition, and about 20,000 units of weapons. Heavy military equipment, self-propelled artillery systems of great power, and tanks are carried out on field bases with wheels and rods on rails in order not to damage the asphalt roads. All equipment and weapons are delivered to the rear regions, where the repair and recovery units of the Russian Federation's Armed Forces conduct technical maintenance and preparation for use on purpose.