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Charles Maynes

Wagner Group chief says his mercenaries will halt their march on Moscow

Members of Wagner Group inspect a car in a street of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Saturday. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images)

MOSCOW — The head of the Wagner mercenary group said his forces were ending a march on the Russian capital after demanding the resignation of the country's top defense officials over alleged failures in the war in Ukraine.

In a statement to his Telegram social media account, Yevgeny Prigozhin said his fighters had led a "march for justice" over the past 24 hours that saw them travel from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to the outskirts of Moscow.

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