Mutinous Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin says he has ordered his fighters, who had been advancing on Moscow, to turn around and return to their bases in order to avoid bloodshed.
Mr Lukashenko is a close ally of Mr Putin. The Belarusian border with Ukraine was an entry point to Ukraine for Mr Putin's troops when the war began in February 2022.
Facing the first serious challenge to his grip on power of his 23-year rule, President Vladimir Putin had vowed to crush the armed mutiny he compared to Russia's Civil War a century ago.Loading... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that a revolt by Wagner mercenary troops in Russia exposed complete chaos in the country.
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