Wagner boss confirms cancellation of advance on Moscow

Wagner boss confirms cancellation of advance on Moscow
The mutinous PMC is returning back to its field camps, the Wagner Group boss Evgeny Prigozhin has announced
The Wagner Group private military company is returning back to its “field camps,” the PMC leader Evgeny Prigozhin announced late on Friday. His units staged a mutiny overnight, seizing control of multiple military and administrative installations in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, as well as launching an advance towards Moscow.

The insurrection reached the brink of major bloodshed, Prigozhin said, explaining that Wagner’s advancing columns will return to their camps “according to plan.”

“They wanted to disband PMC Wagner. On June 23, we went on a March of Justice in a day. We advanced on Moscow just 200km short, and during this time we did not shed a single drop of the blood of our fighters,” he claimed.

During the mutiny, however, the private military outfit reportedly downed multiple aircraft and repeatedly skirmished with Russian forces.

The announcement comes shortly after the press service of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had held successful negotiations with Prigozhin. The talks were held in coordination with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Minsk.

“Evgeny Prigozhin accepted the proposal of President Alexander Lukashenko to stop the movement of the armed men of Wagner in Russia and to take further steps to de-escalate tension,” Belarus’ presidency said in a statement. It added that Prigozhin had been offered “an advantageous and acceptable option for resolving the situation, with security guarantees for the Wagner PMC fighters.”

The Wagner commander himself, however, did not mention the talks with Lukashenko in his latest statements.

he underestimated Vladimir Putin's sagacity

People really believed a rebel group captured a battalion of Russian Army without any bloodbath I can't be that dumb.
From on set, I knew this is probably another 'mini-drama' to blow off steam by Russia or the West is trying to tempt the Wagner leader who informed Putin, and possibly got a nod from Putin to play along (This man is cunny).
In any case, if the Wagner PMC becomes rebellious by any chance, I dont think it will take the Russian military much to eliminate them. A rebel group cannot be stronger than government forces.

This still seems staged.... I mean how easy it was to march all the way close to Moscow.