After Lukashenko's mediation: Prigozhin agrees to stop advance

In the crisis surrounding the Wagner mutiny, a solution is emerging thanks to the mediation of Alexander Lukashenko: Yevgeny Prigozhin has agreed to end the advance of the Wagner columns on Moscow. In an audio message in the evening, the Wagner boss confirmed that the mercenaries will now return to their camps.

Shortly after 20:00 Moscow time on Saturday (19:00 CET), the Belarusian presidential office issued a statement stating that a solution to the current crisis surrounding the Wagner mutiny in Russia is emerging.

The statement indicates that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered himself as a mediator and made a proposal to the leader of the mutineers, Yevgeny Prigozhin, guaranteeing the safety of the Wagner mercenaries. Prigozhin then agreed to stop the advance of the Wagner motorcades on Moscow.

Literally, the statement of Lukashenko's press service is as follows:

"This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed his Belarusian counterpart on the situation in the south of Russia with the private military company Wagner. The heads of state agreed to act together.
Following the agreements, the Belarusian president, having further clarified the situation through the channels at his disposal, in coordination with the Russian president, held talks with the head of the PMC Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The talks lasted all day. As a result, they agreed on the inadmissibility of a bloodbath on the territory of Russia. Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted President Alexander Lukashenko's offer to stop the movement of Wagner's armed men on Russian territory and take further steps to de-escalate tensions.
At present, there is an absolutely advantageous and acceptable option for resolving the situation where security guarantees for the Wagner fighters are on the table."

Prigozhin released an audio message at 20.30 Moscow time, in which he announced that the Wagner mercenaries were returning to their field camps. He cited plans to dissolve the Wagner Group as the reason for the mutiny. Prigozhin did not mention negotiations with Lukashenko, citing concerns about imminent bloodshed as a motive for abandoning the advance. They had moved up to 200 kilometers from Moscow and had thus reached the line where bloodshed had threatened.

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