Breaking news: Criminal charges against Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin will be dropped, and the Wagner boss will go to Belarus, Kremlin says
The agreement for Prigozhin’s forces to turn around appeared to have been brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who spoke with Putin before negotiating with Prigozhin, according claims from his office reported by Belarusian state-owned news agency Belta. With security guarantees for Wagner Group on the table, Prigozhin reportedly agreed to stop his forces’ progress toward Moscow.
Wagner forces that did not join the apparent rebellion will not be prosecuted and will join the Russian Ministry of Defense, Peskov said. Russian forces launched one of their biggest overnight missile barrages in weeks against Ukrainian cities early Saturday morning, firing about 51 cruise missiles and two self-destructing drones, Ukraine’s air force said in a Telegram post.
Wagner forces that did not join the apparent rebellion will not be prosecuted and will join the Russian Ministry of Defense, Peskov said.
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