MOSCOW: Mutinous Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday (Jun 24) he had ordered his fighters advancing on Moscow in a convoy to turn around and return to their bases to avoid bloodshed.
Prigozhin had earlier said that he wanted to oust the army's top brass and"restore justice". Putin said the mutiny had to beThe office of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had spoken to Prigozhin with Putin's approval, and that the head of the Wagner militia had agreed to de-escalate the situation."They wanted to disband the Wagner military company. We embarked on a march of justice on Jun 23. In 24 hours we got to within 200km of Moscow.
"Now the moment has come when blood could be spilled. Understanding responsibility [for the chance] that Russian blood will be spilled on one side, we are turning our columns around and going back to field camps as planned."
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