The Belarusian president said he convinced the mercenary chief to scrap the mutiny in Russia, warning him he'd be 'crushed like a bug'.
The Belarusian president said he convinced the mercenary chief to scrap the mutiny in Russia, warning him he'd be"crushed like a bug".
"I see Prigozhin is already flying in on this plane," Mr Lukashenko was quoted as saying by BELTA. "Yes, indeed, he is in Belarus today."Russia drops case against Wagner group fighters, prepares to seize military hardwareOver the weekend, the Wagner mercenary group surged most of the way to Moscow in what its leader Mr Prigozhin called a "march for justice" after he claimed the Russian military killed 30 of his fighters in a missile strike on a Wagner camp.
He said he warned the Wagner leader halfway on the march to Moscow that "you'll just be crushed like a bug". Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda said on Tuesday he was concerned that the movement of Wagner fighters into Belarus will increase insecurity in all neighbouring countries.
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