The head of Wagner force said he has told his troops to stop their march on Moscow and instead withdraw to their field camps in Ukraine in a bid to avoid shedding Russian blood
.Mr Prigozhin said while his men are just 120 miles from Moscow, he decided to turn them back to avoid “shedding Russian blood”. He did not say whether the Kremlin has responded to his demand to oust Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
“All those who prepared the rebellion will suffer inevitable punishment,” Mr Putin said. “The armed forces and other government agencies have received the necessary orders.” Top news stories today Mr Prigozhin’s private army appeared to control the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, a city 660 miles south of Moscow that runs Russian operations in Ukraine, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said.
The Federal Security Service, or FSB, called for Mr Prigozhin’s arrest on Friday night after he declared the armed rebellion. Mr Prigozhin had said his fighters would not surrender, as “we do not want the country to live on in corruption, deceit and bureaucracy”. He posted video of himself at the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and claimed his forces had taken control of the airfield and other military facilities in the city. Other videos on social media showed military vehicles, including tanks, on the streets.
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