PMC “Wagner” deploys columns and leaves for field camps – Kommersant

Yevgeny Prigozhin said that they wanted to disband PMC Wagner. He stated that the PMCs went towards Moscow, and they had about 200 km to go. According to him, during this time they did not shed “a single drop of the blood of our fighters.” Realizing that as a result of the actions of the PMCs, Russian blood could be shed, he gave the order to deploy the march and “return to the field camps according to the plan.”

“The moment has come when blood can be shed. Realizing all the responsibility for the fact that Russian blood can be shed on one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan, ”says the audio message published by the press service of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Before this appeal, the press service of Alexander Lukashenko informedthat the President of Belarus held talks with Yevgeny Prigozhin at the request of Vladimir Putin. According to Mr. Lukashenko’s pers-service, the result of these agreements was the decision to stop the march of Wagner PMC. In addition, an “absolutely profitable and acceptable option for solving the situation, with security guarantees for the Wagner PMC fighters” has been prepared.

Last night, June 23, Yevgeny Prigozhin accused the Ministry of Defense of hitting the positions of his company and said that 25,000 people were going on a “March of Justice” against Moscow. On June 24, the fighters of his company blocked military facilities in Rostov-on-Don.

FSB excited case of incitement to armed rebellion (up to 20 years in prison). Russian President Vladimir Putin called the actions of PMCs a rebellion and a betrayal. In Moscow, as well as in the Voronezh and Moscow regions was introduced counter-terrorist operation.