Yevgeny Prigozhin calls off rebellion and agrees to leave for Belarus after reaching deal with Kremlin
The full interview was due to be broadcast later on Sunday.
An adviser to the Ukrainian defence minister described the Wagner rebellion as “the most ridiculous attempt at mutiny” ever. “This only makes Russia weaker and makes us stronger,” Yuriy Sak told BBC Radio 4′s The World This Weekend. Mr Prigozhin said his mercenary unit’s camps in Ukraine had been attacked by rival forces from the Russian military on Friday, leading to them taking over the strategic city of Rostov-on-Don and marching towards Moscow before a deal was agreed for them to withdraw.
Mr Prigozhin ordered his troops back to their field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian regular soldiers. He added travel restrictions imposed during Saturday’s operation against the mutiny will be lifted once “the situation is finally resolved”. Wagner troops have played a crucial role in the Ukraine war, capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut, but Mr Prigozhin has increasingly criticised the military top brass, accusing it of incompetence and of starving his troops of munitions.
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