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UPDATE, June 24 12:53PM CST: Reuters reports that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has brokered a deal for the Wagner Group to stand down and return to base in exchange for safety guarantees, according to comments from Lukashenko’s office and an audio message from Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin citing the need to avoid further bloodshed. LifeSiteNews will continue to follow the situation; in the meantime, our original report appears below.
(LifeSiteNews) – The situation in Russia took an explosive turn Friday with the head of Kremlin-aligned Russian mercenary company the Wagner Group apparently revolting against Vladimir Putin’s government, adding a new complication for the regime’s prospects in its year-long war against Ukraine.
Newsweek reports that on Thursday and Friday, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin began making inflammatory public statements about the Kremlin’s handling of and basis for the war in Ukraine. Prigozhin had previously expressed displeasure with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for allegedly providing Wagner with inadequate material support for its operations in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but amplified his grievances Thursday.
Wagner’s account of the war’s progress differs from the
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