Wagner troops apparently continue to withdraw
According to regional authorities, after the uprising of the Wagner private army officially ended, the mercenaries continued their withdrawal. In Lipetsk, 400 kilometers south of Moscow, Governor Igor Artamonov announced on Sunday in the Telegram news channel that the Wagner fighters had left his administrative area.
Further south in the Voronezh region, the withdrawal is still ongoing, said Governor Alexander Gusev. “It’s going as planned,” he wrote on Telegram. “Once the situation has been finally clarified, we will lift all restrictions that have been introduced.” In Voronezh, the army had tried to stop the uprising with helicopter attacks. A large tank farm went up in flames. According to local information, the fire could only be extinguished on Sunday night.
The uprising commanded by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin started in the city of Rostov-on-Don: 1,000 kilometers south of Moscow, Wagner fighters occupied the local army headquarters. Other columns advanced towards Moscow via Voronezh and Lipetsk until Prigozhin ended the action in the evening.
In Rostov, the retreat began on Saturday evening. Wagner cleared the city, the governor of the region, Vasily Golubev, wrote on Telegram on Sunday. The Wagner column headed for their field camp. All restrictions on road traffic have been lifted, the regional administration announced. Bus and train stations are in normal operation.