Wagner leader orders coup to back off from Moscow as coup closes in

Wagner Group chief Prigozhin has halted his march on Moscow in order to “avoid bloodshed”, he has announced. The mercenary militia had been racing towards Moscow after entering another Russian city, Rostov-on-Don, in the early hours of Saturday (24 June). Large military convoys had been spotted on roads leading to the capital and Moscow’s mayor had locked down the city, awaiting the arrival of the rebels. Russian military personnel had also been spotted at various machine gun posts along roads south of Moscow.

Prigozhin called off the march in an audio message on his Telegram group. He said he “gave the order to turn back because of the risk of blood being spilled”. 

He added: “We left on June 23 for the march of justice.

“In a day we travelled, not reaching 200 km, to Moscow. 

“During this time, we have not shed a single drop of the blood of our fighters. 

“Now the moment has come when blood could be shed, therefore, realising all the responsibility for the fact that Russian blood will be shed on one of the sides, we turn our columns around and return in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan.” 

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