Prigozhin said he would not go to Moscow but would return to the field camps.
Convoys of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner PMC changed their minds about going to Moscow in order not to shed Russian blood. This was stated in a statement on the evening of June 24 by the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevhen Prygozhyn.
“They wanted to disband the Wagner PMC. We went out on June 23 for a “justice march”. In one day we walked 200 kilometers to Moscow. During this time, we did not shed a single drop of blood of our fighters. Now the moment has come when blood may be shed, so, realizing the responsibility that Russian blood may be shed by one of the parties, we are turning our columns around and going in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan,” Prigozhin said.
According to the Russian media, Prigozhin was offered to abandon the idea of going to Moscow, and in return was offered security guarantees for the Wagner PMC and promised to resolve the issue of Shoigu and Gerasimov.
Before that, Prigozhin had held talks with Alexander Lukashenko, who allegedly convinced him to stop the march on Moscow.
Earlier it was reported that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin declared June 26 a non-working day in Moscow because of the military coup.
It was also said that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is looking for ways to physically eliminate the main rebel Prigozhin, and wants to promise amnesty to PMC mercenaries. The Russian Armed Forces have no serious forces to block Prigozhin’s passage to Moscow.
