Prigozhin's mutiny: Wagner column turns back 200 km from Moscow

Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has announced that his columns are turning around and returning to their field camps. Earlier Wagner fighters took control of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don and moved towards Moscow.

According to the press service of Belarus's president, the retreat followed talks between Alexander Lukashenko and Prigozhin agreed with Vladimir Putin.

In a televised address in the morning Putin called Prigozhin's actions an "armed mutiny" and a "stab in the back". A counter-terrorism regime was introduced in Moscow and the Moscow region.

The Kremlin said the criminal case against Prigozhin would be dropped and that he would go to Belarus. Fighters who did not take part in the mutiny will be able to sign contracts with the Defence Ministry.