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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth

Prigozhin calls off march on Moscow to avert ‘Russian bloodshed’

An image shared by Wagner, showing a military convoy allegedly being hit with an airstrike en route to Moscow.
An image shared by Wagner, showing a military convoy allegedly being hit with an airstrike en route to Moscow earlier on Saturday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images


Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has said he will order his fighters to end their march on Moscow and return to their bases in southern Russia, averting what many expected could lead to direct clashes with the army and a potential civil war.

The notorious warlord said that he wanted to avoid shedding Russian blood and would order his troops back to their bases instead.

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