To ease the crisis, Wagner CEO will depart from Russia

Russia war update, After abandoning his troops’ advance on Moscow, the leader of the rebel Wagner mercenary force will travel to Belarus and won’t be held accountable, according to the Russian government, alleviating the nation’s worst security crisis in decades.

The feud between Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russia’s military brass came to a violent head in the past day, with his forces capturing a key army headquarters in southern Russia on Saturday and then heading north to threaten the capital.

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Within hours of Prigozhin’s about-face, the Kremlin announced he would leave for Belarus and Russia would not prosecute him or Wagner’s members.

Vladimir Putin had issued a warning against civil war, Moscow had ordered citizens to stay off the streets, and Kyiv had reveled in the chaos that was engulfing its adversary. It had been a dramatic day.

When Prigozhin made the shocking declaration that his troops were “turning our columns around and going back to field camps” in order to prevent bloodshed in the Russian capital, the situation abruptly changed.

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Prigozhin said he understood the significance of the situation and did not want to “spill Russian blood” despite his organization leading portions of Russia’s offensive in Ukraine while engaged in a bitter dispute with Moscow’s military leadership.