MOSCOW: The chief of the rebel Wagner mercenary force will leave Russia and won't face charges after calling off his troops' advance on Saturday (Jun 24), Moscow said, easing Russia's most s
Prigozhin, who has feuded bitterly with Moscow's military leadership even as his outfit led parts of Russia's Ukraine offensive, said he understood the importance of the moment and did not want to"spill Russian blood".By early Sunday Wagner had pulled fighters and equipment from Rostov-on-Don, where they had seized the military headquarters, said the regional governor.
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said he had negotiated a truce with Prigozhin, drawing thanks from Moscow. "Avoiding bloodshed, internal confrontation, and clashes with unpredictable results was the highest goal," Peskov added.Kyiv revelled in the chaos that engulfed its enemy.
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