Wagner Chief Prigozhin to Avoid Charges, Instead Face Exile in Sweetheart Deal; UKRaine’s Forces are Advancing on Several Fronts in Eastern UKR; UKR Army Confirms Liberation of Territories in Donetsk Oblast Occupied Since 2014; UKR Troops Advance in Several Directions Around Bakhmut, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to avoid charges, instead face exile in sweetheart deal:

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenary fighting force will not face charges and will instead be exiled despite leading an armed insurrection against Moscow Saturday, the Kremlin said.

The criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped and the mercenary group leader will go to Belarus instead of facing prosecution in Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.

Any of Prigozhin’s troops who marched in the rebellion will also avoid charges for their “service” on the front lines of the war in Ukraine, Peskov said.

Instead, they will be given the opportunity to sign contracts to join the Russian military, Russian news outlet TASS reported.

The deal comes after the Wagner Group took control of the southern city of Rostov and began moving towards Moscow in an armed convoy.

The mutiny came after Prigozhin claimed the military had killed his fighters in an air strike, which the Russian Defense Ministry denied.

Prigozhin, whose men fought the bloodiest battles of the 16-month war in Ukraine, including in Bakhmut, also slammed Moscow leadership — namely Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the general staff, Valery Gerasimov — who he accused of withholding ammunition from his fighters.—>READ MORE HERE

Ukraine’s defence forces are advancing on several fronts in eastern Ukraine – Deputy Defence Minister:

Ukraine’s defence forces started advancing on several fronts simultaneously in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, 24 June.

Source: Hanna Maliar, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, on Telegram

Quote from Maliar: “The eastern group of forces today launched offensives on several fronts at the same time.

[They are advancing on] Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Bohdanivka, Yahidne, Klishchiivka and Kurdiumivka. They are making gains on all fronts.”

Details: Maliar also said that Russian forces attempted to advance on the Kupiansk, Lyman and Marinka fronts, but were not able to make gains.

On the Avdiivka and Shakhtarsk fronts, the Russians conducted airstrikes and deployed artillery.

Heavy fighting continues on all fronts in southern Ukraine.

“The enemy is on the defensive and making every effort to stop our offensive. At the same time, the enemy is suffering significant personnel, weapons, and equipment losses,” Maliar said. —>READ MORE HERE

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