The Russian mercenary group known as the Wagner Group has threatened a rebellion against the Russian Defence Ministry. The Wagner Group leader Yavgeniy Prigozhin claimed that Russian soldiers attacked a Wagner camp in Ukraine. In retaliation, Prigozhin began his march of justice towards Moscow and on the way there took control of the military headquarters in Rostov on Don and Voronezh. Shortly before reaching Moscow, Prigozhin negotiated with Putin to back down in order to avoid a possible civil war and criminal charges against his troops. The mercenary chief himself agreed to flee to Belarus.