Prigozhin Halts Wagner s Advance Toward Russia s Capital As His Forces Neared 100 Miles From Moscow: Report | The Daily Wire
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of Russia s feared Wagner paramilitary group, allegedly said on Saturday that he was halting his force s advance toward Moscow to avoid bloodshed after a last-minute deal was reportedly brokered to bring the crisis to an end.
The announcement comes after Prigozhin reportedly reached a deal with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to stop the situation from escalating further after Wagner had advanced hundreds of miles over the past 12 hours on its way to Moscow.
The New York Times reported that some experts urged people to remain skeptical about whether Prigozhin had actually ordered his troops to suddenly reverse course. Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, said, I don t believe it until I see it.
Prigozhin allegedly said in an audio message posted to Telegram that he was turning our columns around and going back in the other direction toward our field camps, in accordance with the plan.