Wagner troops turn back from march towards Moscow

Russia's mercenary group has called off its march towards Moscow after its attempted mutiny. With the intervention of the Belurusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, the group will now be moving to Belarus and all mutiny charges against them will be dropped.

Police and the military check vehicles going in and out of the city in the Yasenevo district in southern Moscow. The Russian army has set up roadblocks around Moscow's perimeter to repel the raid on the Russian capital by the Wagner Group mercenaries which has since been called off. Source: AAP / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

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