The mutiny lasted only a day but shook the walls of Red Square. After the denunciation aStab in the back» and accused Evguéni Prigojine, “betrayed“Russia because of its”excessive ambitions“In the end, the Kremlin preferred to deal with Wagner boss. In exchange for dropping the criminal case, Prigoyine has to go into exile in Belarus and his troops have to regroup. After his historic coup against the Russian military leadership, he assured that the mercenaries were almost 200 kilometers away from Moscow.

On the night of Friday June 23-Saturday June 24, they invaded Russian territory and took control of Rostov-on-Don, a city east of Crimea.

In Rostov, the militiamen took control of the military buildings.without firing a shot‘ assured Evguéni Prigojine in the telegram. In particular, they had seized control of the Russian Army Headquarters, the nerve center of operations in Ukraine.

A second convoy continued on the M-4 highway towards Voronezh, a city about 600 kilometers from Moscow. According to the governor of this border region of Ukraine, clashes broke out in the city at noon. The M-4 highway connecting these three cities was closed to traffic for over 300 kilometers. Ditches were dug in the streets to prevent the column from advancing, according to images published on social networks. In the late afternoon, Wagner fighters were spotted in the Lipetsk region. The top of the column is discovered in Yelets, about 360 km from the Russian capital.

Finally, in a last trick of which he knows the secret, Evguéni Prigojine ordered his troops to withdraw to their bases to “avoid a bloodbath“. Through the mediation of Belarusian President Lukashenko, the Wagner chief claimed to have received guarantees of adequate protection for his men. The latter evacuate Rostov to the cheers of many civilians.