The Wagner mercenary leader announced orders to turn back in an audio message posted Saturday evening
Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters who surged most of the way to Moscow have agreed to turn back to avoid bloodshed, their leader said on Saturday, in a de-escalation of what had become a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.
In an audio message, Prigozhin said the fighters would return to base because of the risk of blood being spilled. Earlier, Prigozhin said his men were on a “march for justice” to remove corrupt and incompetent Russian commanders he blames for botching the war in Ukraine.“We are fighting for the lives and security of our people, for our sovereignty and independence, for the right to remain Russia, a state with a thousand-year history,” he said.
Putin later signed a law tightening rules for breaking martial law in places where it has been imposed, the RIA news agency said.
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