Kremlin spokesworm Dmitry Peskov on Saturday announced mutinous Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prighozin will move to Belarus and all charges against him will be dropped as part of a settlement negotiated by Minsk’s dictator Alexander Lukashenko ending the nascent insurrection that appeared to gravely threaten the Putin’s regime’s grip on power, Sky News reports.
None of the Wagner Group fighters will face prosecution and are said to be returning to the front in Ukraine. It’s not clear how much Kyiv was able to take advantage of the chaos during the 24-ish hours the Wagner mercs had abandoned their positions and if any significant regular Russian army forces were pulled back to pursue them amid the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive.