Russia: Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says mercenaries turning back from Moscow advance to 'avoid bloodshed' - BBC News
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The Wagner chief said on Telegram that he has agreed to "stop" the movement of his troops who are advancing on the Russian capital.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1492303

Prigozhin says Wagner Group is turning its convoys around and heading back in the opposite direction “towards its field camps.”

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
    91·
    2 years ago

    This is according to Lukashenko via Rossiya 24 news channel reporting, and Prigozhin has been uploading to his own internet channels. So definitely not legit.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      4·
      2 years ago

      And yet BBC has picked it up. Either they know something we don’t, or they just did a big bungle in effort to be the first breaking it. Either is possible.

      We don’t even have video of the guy saying it, just a recording resembling his voice on Telegram.

    • AccurstDemon@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      2 years ago

      There’s a Prigozhin audio on his telegram channel confirming the news.

      Edit: Now I’m reading that there’s a new message retracting the information of that audio, it’s too soon to know the truth

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
        4·
        2 years ago

        Reminder that those can be faked now. I feel like someone would have called it out at this point if it was fake, but it could have been.