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Wagner chief's 24 hours of chaos in Russia

A clip circulating on Twitter - that has been substantiated by BBC Verify - shows a Wagner fighter firing his rifle into the sky as he and other Wagner Group mercenaries withdraw from Rostov.

Civilians lining the streets can be heard applauding and cheering on the fighters. We've seen a lot of footage of public support for the mercenary group in the southern city these past hours.

For one long June night and a day, Russia's mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin staged an apparent insurrection, sending an armoured convoy towards Moscow and raising questions about Vladimir Putin's grip on power.

But by the end of Saturday, Prigozhin had called the whole thing off and ordered his men back to base.

"In 24 hours we got to within 200km (124 miles) of Moscow. In this time we did not spill a single drop of our fighters' blood," he announced.

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