Wagner chief orders troops to turn around from Moscow ‘to avoid bloodshed’
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Last Update June 24, 2023 02:19pm ET
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said Saturday he has ordered his fighters to halt their march on Moscow and return to their bases in Ukraine to avoid bloodshed.
Prigozhin’s announcement seemingly puts an end to what observers called the most significant challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime in his 23 years in power.
In audio posted to social media, Prigozhin said that while his troops were just 120 miles from Moscow, he chose to turn back to avoid “shedding Russian blood.”
Imagine Putin dropped a tactical nuke on the Wagner troops marching to Moscow. I wonder what the worlds reaction would be.