LATEST: The leader of the Wagner Group leader released a recording explaining why his troops reversed course on their campaign against Moscow over the weekend.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin released an 11-minute recording Monday explaining why his troops reversed course on their campaign against Moscow over the weekend.
"We did not want to shed Russian blood. We went to demonstrate our protest and not to overthrow the government in the country," he said.-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman, Natalia Shumskaia and Tanya StukalovaEmail this article The size of the Ukrainian force on the bank is unclear, but Russian accounts suggested it was relatively small.
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