BREAKING: Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin says he is turning his forces around from a march toward Moscow to avoid bloodshed. There was no immediate comment from Russia on the reported de-escalation plan.
Posted: Jun 23, 2023 5:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago
"They wanted to disband the Wagner military company. We embarked on a march of justice on June 23. In 24 hours we got to within 200 kilometres of Moscow. In this time we did not spill a single drop of our fighters' blood," Prigozhin said in an audio message. Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an emergency televised address in Moscow on Saturday, in this image taken from video.
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