Commander of the Wagner Mercenaries in Russia. Evgeny PrigogineThe Belarusian president said in a Telegram statement on Saturday that he had agreed to a truce for his country’s armed forces to “suspend movements within Russia and take further steps to de-escalate tensions.”
Russian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, held two talks to negotiate a deal that included “safety guarantees for Wagner PMC fighters,” a news release said.
Prigozhin agreed to turn back the mercenary force, stating in an official telegram that he “acknowledges all responsibility for the fact that Russian blood will be shed”. He said the troops had marched “200 kilometers from Moscow” “without shedding a drop of combatant blood”.
Britain’s defense ministry confirmed to CBS News on Saturday that Wagner forces were heading north toward Moscow after they appeared to have captured a Russian command center in Rostov-on-Don, a city near the Ukrainian border. intelligence briefing. Heavy military trucks and armored vehicles were deployed on the streets of central Moscow, and soldiers were stationed outside the main building of the Ministry of Defense.
Earlier, Russia’s Lipetsk governor said: mercenary troops led by Prigogine Moved in an armed rebellion army We left Ukraine and entered a major region about 355 miles south of Moscow. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee reported earlier Saturday that Wagner’s forces “captured another city en route to Moscow.”
A US official confirmed to CBS News that Prigogine has about 25,000 troops under his command. His army played a key role in the Ukrainian War, successfully capturing the eastern cities. bahmutwhere the bloodiest battles were fought and the longest.
Prigogine He was publicly frustrated, accusing Russian military leaders of derailing the Ukraine war and sabotaging troops there.
Putin called Wagner’s uprising a “stab in the back”. Putin’s longtime ally and reputation for ruthlessness, Prigozhin’s challenge to Russia’s military leadership has posed the greatest threat in Putin’s more than two decades of power.
In his nightly video speech, Ukrainian President Zelensky He said the chaos in Russia exposed “just total chaos” in the military and that the Russians “have no control over anything”.
Report contributions by Haley Ott, Ian Lee, and David Martin
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Commander of the Wagner Mercenaries in Russia. Evgeny PrigogineThe Belarusian president said in a Telegram statement on Saturday that he had agreed to a truce for his country’s armed forces to “suspend movements within Russia and take further steps to de-escalate tensions.”Russian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, held two talks to negotiate a deal that included “safety guarantees for Wagner PMC fighters,” a news release said. Prigozhin agreed to turn back the mercenary force, stating in an official telegram that he “acknowledges all responsibility for the fact that Russian blood will be shed”. He said the troops had marched “200 kilometers from Moscow” “without shedding a drop of combatant blood”.
Britain’s defense ministry confirmed to CBS News on Saturday that Wagner forces were heading north toward Moscow after they appeared to have captured a Russian command center in Rostov-on-Don, a city near the Ukrainian border. intelligence briefing. Heavy military trucks and armored vehicles were deployed on the streets of central Moscow, and soldiers were stationed outside the main building of the Ministry of Defense.Earlier, Russia’s Lipetsk governor said: mercenary troops led by Prigogine Moved in an armed rebellion army We left Ukraine and entered a major region about 355 miles south of Moscow. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee reported earlier Saturday that Wagner’s forces “captured another city en route to Moscow.”
A US official confirmed to CBS News that Prigogine has about 25,000 troops under his command. His army played a key role in the Ukrainian War, successfully capturing the eastern cities. bahmutwhere the bloodiest battles were fought and the longest. Prigogine He was publicly frustrated, accusing Russian military leaders of derailing the Ukraine war and sabotaging troops there. Putin called Wagner’s uprising a “stab in the back”. Putin’s longtime ally and reputation for ruthlessness, Prigozhin’s challenge to Russia’s military leadership has posed the greatest threat in Putin’s more than two decades of power.In his nightly video speech, Ukrainian President Zelensky He said the chaos in Russia exposed “just total chaos” in the military and that the Russians “have no control over anything”.
Report contributions by Haley Ott, Ian Lee, and David Martin
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