Wagner Group fighters prepare to leave the centre of Rostov-on-Don
Wagner Group fighters are preparing to leave the centre of Rostov-on-Don after the statement of their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Source: Rostov’s media 161.ru, Kremlin-aligned media RIA Novosti
Quote: "Detachments of the Wagner Group fighters are preparing to withdraw from the centre of Rostov-on-Don. They get into cars, our correspondent from the headquarters of the Southern Military District reports."
Details: "Guys, let's load up, let's go home," one of the mercenaries says.
The media posted a video where people standing near the Wagner Group fighters and their cars applaud.
The correspondent of RIA Novosti also reports that, near the Southern Military District headquarters, Wagner Group fighters are starting up tanks and loading up ammunition.
The video shows them hugging people in civilian clothes.
Previously: On the evening of 24 July, the press service of the self-proclaimed president of Belarus said that Alexander Lukashenko held talks with the leader of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the latter allegedly accepted a proposal to stop the movement of his mercenaries in Russia.
"At the moment, there is an absolutely profitable and acceptable option on the table for resolving the situation, with security guarantees for Wagner PMC fighters," the press release reads.
After that, Yevgeny Prigozhin said that his mercenaries are turning their convoys around and going in the opposite direction to set up field camps.
Background:
- On the evening of 23 June, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that the regular Russian army had launched a missile strike on the Wagner mercenaries’ rear camps. He has therefore deployed 25,000 of his mercenaries "to restore justice".
- Prigozhin claimed that his forces had taken control of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don, including the air base, and were heading "to Moscow" and that his soldiers had shot down three Russian helicopters. Wagner mercenaries have also seized military facilities in the Russian city of Voronezh.
- In an emergency address on 24 June, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is "fighting for survival" and that there are attempts to "organise a rebellion" in the country.
- On the afternoon of 24 June, a convoy of Wagner Group forces was spotted only 400 kilometres away from Moscow.
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