His decision to stop the advance of his forces in Moscow, based on the agreement with Alexander Lukashenko, was announced by Yevgeny Prigozhin. “Our phalanxes are returning to the camps according to the plan” emphasizes the head of Wagner.

Mercenary “boss” Wagner claimed to have ordered his forces to retreat and return to their bases, in order to prevent “bloodshed”.

The announcement of Minsk on the Lukashenko and Prigozhin agreement was made public earlier by Russian and Belarusian media. Based on the agreement, Prigozhin accepted Lukashenko’s proposal to halt Wagner’s advance into Russia and take further steps to de-escalate tensions,

The announcement of Lukashenko’s press service in detail

“This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed his Belarusian counterpart on the situation in southern Russia with the private military company Wagner. The heads of state agreed on joint actions.

»During the further development of the agreements, the President of Belarus, after further clarifying the situation through his own channels, in agreement with the President of Russia, held talks with the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin.

»Negotiations continued throughout the day. As a result, they came to agreements on the unacceptable possibility that a bloody massacre would be unleashed on the territory of Russia. Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted the proposal of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to stop the movement of the Wagner company’s weapons in Russia and to take further measures to de-escalate the tension.

»At the moment, there is an absolutely profitable and acceptable option on the table to resolve the situation, with security guarantees for Wagner PMC fighters.

“As previously reported, also today the President of Belarus held two meetings with the country’s power bloc on this situation.”