Mercenary fighters of Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner group are preparing to move to Belarus under the terms of a deal that defused their mutiny against Russia's military leadership, a senior commander of the group was quoted as saying. Anton Yelizarov, whose nom de guerre is "Lotus," was quoted on July 8 by a channel on the Telegram messaging app as saying that the fighters were now taking vacation until early August, on Prigozhin's orders, before moving to Belarus. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
Wagner Fighters Preparing To Move To Belarus, Commander Quoted As Saying
Fighters with the Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on June 24 following their abortive mutiny the previous day.