Internal crisis in Russia. Wagner group in revolt, but Prigozhin changes his mind
Stop march on Moscow on alleged Belarusian mediation. Difficult to interpret meaning and goals
The Russian paramilitary Wagner company has halted its advance towards Moscow. Thus the tension in the country eased. In fact, at dawn the militiamen had left the theater of combat in Ukraine and had entered Russian territory, taking control of military bases in the city of Rostov-on-Don, and threatening to march 25,000 towards the Kremlin. The terms of the Wagner-Kremlin deal are not known at the moment.
Difficult to interpret the meaning of the action and the goal, summarize several international analysts.
The halt of the mercenary forces of the Wagner group and the easing of tension with the Kremlin can be summarized as follows: "We stop and go back to the bases. We go back to Ukraine". We want to "avoid a bloodbath", said the head of the mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announcing that he had accepted an alleged mediation by the Belarusian president Alexandr Lukashenko to put an end to the crisis triggered today.
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency