“Any internal mutiny is a deadly threat to our state, to us as a nation. It’s a blow against Russia, against our people. And our actions to defend the fatherland from such a threat will be brutal,” Mr Putin promised.
According to news reports, the mutiny is the result of a long-running feud between Wagner’s chief Prigozhin and Russian military chiefs.
Wagner is a Russian private military contractor that has fought alongside Russia’s military in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The group is also present in some African countries including Mali andMr Prigozhin has in recent months criticised the Russian military hierarchy over the way the war in Ukraine has been fought. On Friday, he accused the Russian military of launching a deadly missile strike on his troops and vowed to punish them.
The Wagner chief claims he is not leading a mutiny but marching for justice and to stop the “evil” in Russia’s military leadership. However, by Saturday evening, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had brokered a deal with Mr Prigozhin, who had agreed to de-escalate the situation and pull his forces back. Mr Lukashenko is a key ally of Mr Putin.
A few minutes after that, Mr Prigozhin said he had ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow to avoid “shedding Russian blood.”
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