The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

Wagner fighters were leaving Russia's southern Voronezh region Sunday, the local governor said, after the group halted a dramatic rebellion to bring down Russia's top brass and U-turned on a march to Moscow.

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but the Wagner leader’s threats against the country’s military leadership show tensions escalating to an alarming extent

The chief of the rebel Wagner mercenary force will go to Belarus and will not face charges after calling off his troops' advance on Moscow, the Russian government said, easing the country's most serious security crisis in decades.

Armed rebellion hurtling towards Moscow on Saturday was called off by Priogozhin at the 11th hour

Military experts have said the Russian President’s regime has suffered ‘substantial damage’ as a result of the rebellion

Dr Patricia Lewis from the International Security Programme also responded to claims the mercenaries' uprising was staged with Putin in on it from the beginning

Russian paramilitary Wagner group pulled its fighters from Rostov-on-Don, where they had seized the military headquarters, the regional governor said on Sunday. Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin halted his troops' advance on Moscow late Saturday and said he would leave for Belarus to avoid facing charges. Follow our blog to see…

Yevgeny Prigozhin agrees to move to Belarus after negotiated end to what was in effect Russia’s first armed coup in decades

The greatest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power has fizzled out after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow agreed to go into exile and sounded the retreat