Wagner leader warned he would be 'crushed like a bug'

BELARUS LUKASHENKO WAGNER

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Source: AAP / BELARUS PRESIDENT PRESS-SERVICE /HANDOUT HANDOUT/EPA

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The Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus after being exiled from Russia following his short-lived mutiny. The Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, says he convinced the mercenary chief to end the mutiny after warning him he'd be "crushed like a bug" by Russian forces.

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