Return to the barracks for the Wagner militia. Fighters from Yevgeny Prigozhin’s paramilitary group, which had taken control of the army headquarters in Rostov, have left the southwestern Russian city, regional governor Vasily Golubev announced overnight. Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 June. “The column of the Wagner group left Rostov and headed for its camps”, he wrote on Telegram, without giving further details. Follow our live.
Yevgeny Prigojine on his way to Belarus? We did not know, Sunday morning, where was the tempestuous boss of Wagner, who had promised the day before “to liberate the Russian people” by launching his troops towards Moscow, before turning back. While the precise terms of the agreement with Wagner remain subject to speculation, the Kremlin has assured that the proceedings launched against the militia leader following his rebellion will be “abandoned” and that the paramilitary “go to Belarus”.
Moscow still under “anti-terrorist operation regime”. The “anti-terrorist operation regime” established in Moscow and its region since the night of Friday to Saturday remained in force on Sunday, despite the volte-face of the leader of the rebellion Yevgeny Prigojine. Large police patrols were still deployed along the main road leading out of Moscow, in the south of the capital. Traffic restrictions were also maintained on the highway linking Moscow to Rostov.
The Kremlin welcomes “a resolution without new losses”. Russian President Vladimir Putin is “grateful” towards his Belarusian ally, Alexander Lukashenko, who played a mediating role with Yevgeny Prigojine in settling the crisis. Overnight, Moscow welcomed“a resolution without new losses”which allowed “to avoid a bloodbath”and assured that these events would not affect “never” the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
“Prigozhin humiliated Putin”, according to kyiv. The leader of the paramilitary group Wagner “humiliated Putin” by leading a rebellion with his men, reacted, Saturday evening, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, at the end of the day of armed insurrection which shook the Russian power.