Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has ordered his fighters who marched on Moscow on Saturday to return, “to avoid bloodshed”. The fighters of the mercenary army had started an “armed uprising”, but after negotiations with Belarusian President Lukashenko, Prigozhin ordered his troops to turn back. In exchange, the Russian army leadership will be replaced and Wagner will not be prosecuted for mutiny. Follow all recent developments in our live blog.
RL, ADVV, KVDS, IBB
Latest update:
21:07
Source:
Belga, ANP, Twitter, The Guardian, Reuters
What is going on?
– Yevgeny Prigozhinthe boss of the Russian mercenary army Wagner, had withdrawn from the front over the weekend and entered the city of Rostov on Saturday evening. He had called for one “armed revolt” and even pulled to Moscow with his troops.
– Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Wagner chief of “betrayal that feels like a knife in the back”, but according to Prigozhin, Putin was seriously mistaken.
– In Moscow harsh measures were taken to stop the advance of the mercenaries, who were advancing at lightning speed. Russian soldiers posted machine guns and the mayor asked the residents “to to stay at home as much as possible”.
– In the end, Wagner’s troops – who were barely 100 kilometers from Moscow – never reached the city. Yevgeny Prigozhin left after a day of tension agreed to halt the advance of his troops. ione exchange becomes the top of the Russian Defense.
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