Crowds cheer Wagner fighters as they leave Rostov-on-Don

Crowds of people cheered in support of Wagner group troops as they left the captured Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday night. The chief of the rebel mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, agreed to call off a march on Moscow and leave Russia in deal brokered by Belarus. The Kremlin said it would not prosecute Prigozhin or his group’s members. The Kremlin had earlier been forced to mobilise its forces and prepare defences as Prigozhin sent a convoy of armed troops towards Moscow Wagner boss to leave Russia as reports say US spy agencies picked up signs of planned uprising Why did Wagner turn on Putin and what does it mean for Ukraine? Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates