Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin amid the group’s pullout from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin amid the group’s pullout from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Russia

Belarus leader Lukashenko says he told Wagner chief to stop Russian mutiny or be ‘crushed like a bug’

  • Belarusian president offers his version of events following the aborted mutiny by Wagner mercenaries in Russia
  • He said he urged Vladimir Putin not to kill Yevgeny Prigozhin, and warned the Wagner chief he would be ‘crushed like a bug’

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin amid the group’s pullout from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin amid the group’s pullout from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
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