STORY: Compromise reached between Moscow, Wagner military head: Russian media
DATELINE: June 25, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:19
LOCATION: Moscow
CATEGORY: MILITARY/POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Wagner groups leaving Rostov
2. various of PMC Wagner Center in St. Petersburg
3. various of Russia

STORYLINE:

According to RIA Novosti news agency reports, Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military group, reached a compromise through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko late Saturday.

The reports said that Prigozhin has accepted Lukashenko's proposal to stop the advance of the Wagner troops and de-escalate the situation.

On Saturday morning, Putin informed his Belarusian counterpart of the situation in Russia regarding the Wagner group and the heads of state agreed on joint actions.

According to Russia's TASS news agency, then the Wagner fighters left southern Russia's Rostov region and were headed to their field camps.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said late Saturday, the criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped, and he will go to Belarus, without specifying what exactly Prigozhin will do in the former Soviet republic.

Peskov said Lukashenko has been personally acquainted with Prigozhin for about 20 years, and "this was his personal proposal agreed with Putin."

According to the official, the guarantee that Prigozhin will be able to leave for Belarus was the word of the Russian president.

He said the incident with the Wagner group will not affect the course of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, which will continue.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow.
(XHTV)