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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Saturday, June 24, 2023
Wagner begins withdrawing from Rostov after taking military HQ
This photograph taken on June 24, 2023, shows two grenade launchers in a car as local residents pose for a photograph with a member of the Wagner group in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. (Roman Romokhov/AFP)
MOSCOW — Rebel mercenary Wagner group begins pulling back fighters and equipment from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin halted the fighters’ march on Moscow.
An AFP reporter at the scene sees a tank, several cargo trucks and several minivans carrying fighters leave the military headquarters the group had occupied earlier.
Wagner's fighters are already leaving Rostov to a rapturous reception, per a Prigozhin-affiliated Telegram channel. https://t.co/49JuhYve2A pic.twitter.com/9IRLPDMFQL
— max seddon (@maxseddon) June 24, 2023
