a kremlin spokesman says today's events were tragic but a criminal case against the wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin will be dropped and other fighters will not be prosecuted. we've learned that the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, helped mediate between moscow and wagner. earlier in an audio message posted on the social media site telegram, prigozhin said, the time had come to stand down. take a listen to this english translation. translation: they wanted to disband the wagner. - onjune 23rd, we went out on a justice march. within a day, we were just 200 kilometres away from moscow. during that time, we did not spill a single drop of blood of our fighters. now the moment has come when the blood can be spilt. therefore, understanding all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be spilt on one of the sides, we're turning our comms back and leaving in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan.