The head of the paramilitary group of Wagner mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced this Saturday that his men, who were heading towards Moscow from southwestern Russia, are returning to their camps to avoid “a bloodbath”.
“Now is the time when blood can flow. That is why (…) our columns turn around and go back in the opposite direction to return to the camps,” Prigozhin declared in an audio posted on Telegram.
Since the announcement of the rebellion on Friday, Wagner’s men were present in three Russian regions: Rostov, Voronej and Lipetsk.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned Prigozhin’s betrayal and warned of the risk of a civil war in the midst of a conflict with Ukraine.
Before Prigozhin’s announcement, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, an ally of Putin assured that he had negotiated with the leader of the paramilitaries to stop the movements of his men and avoid a new escalation and that he accepted the proposal.
Putin thanked Lukashenko for his work, the Presidency announced this Saturday of Belarus: “The President of Belarus informed the President of Russia in detail of the results of the negotiations with the leadership of the Wagner group,” Minsk said in a statement, adding that Putin had thanked his ally for the work carried out.
SOURCE: AFP
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