<p>Mutinous Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday he had ordered his fighters advancing on Moscow in convoy to turn around and return to their bases to avoid bloodshed.</p>.<p>Prigozhin had earlier said that he wanted to oust the army's top brass and "restore justice". Putin said the mutiny had to be decisively put down.</p>.<p>The office of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had spoken to Prigozhin with Putin's approval, and that the head of the Wagner militia had agreed to de-escalate the situation.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/russia-rebellion-live-vladimir-putin-wagner-group-yevgeny-prigozhin-moscow-kremlin-world-news-1230866.html#2" target="_blank">Track live updates</a></p>.<p>In an audio message released by his press service, Prigozhin said:</p>.<p>"They wanted to disband the Wagner military company. We embarked on a march of justice on June 23. In 24 hours we got to within 200 km of Moscow. In this time we did not spill a single drop of our fighters' blood.</p>.<p>"Now the moment has come when blood could be spilled. Understanding responsibility [for the chance] that Russian blood will be spilled on one side, we are turning our columns around and going back to field camps as planned."</p>
<p>Mutinous Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday he had ordered his fighters advancing on Moscow in convoy to turn around and return to their bases to avoid bloodshed.</p>.<p>Prigozhin had earlier said that he wanted to oust the army's top brass and "restore justice". Putin said the mutiny had to be decisively put down.</p>.<p>The office of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had spoken to Prigozhin with Putin's approval, and that the head of the Wagner militia had agreed to de-escalate the situation.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/russia-rebellion-live-vladimir-putin-wagner-group-yevgeny-prigozhin-moscow-kremlin-world-news-1230866.html#2" target="_blank">Track live updates</a></p>.<p>In an audio message released by his press service, Prigozhin said:</p>.<p>"They wanted to disband the Wagner military company. We embarked on a march of justice on June 23. In 24 hours we got to within 200 km of Moscow. In this time we did not spill a single drop of our fighters' blood.</p>.<p>"Now the moment has come when blood could be spilled. Understanding responsibility [for the chance] that Russian blood will be spilled on one side, we are turning our columns around and going back to field camps as planned."</p>