叶夫根尼·普里戈任表示，他的瓦格纳雇佣军组织已同意停止政变企图，并将返回乌克兰，以避免他所说的不可避免的流血事件。

In a voice memo posted to social media on Saturday evening, Prigozhin said:

 

We set off on June 23 on our march for justice. In 24 hours we moved 200km to Moscow. During that time we didn’t spill a single drop of blood of our fighters. Right now the moment has come when blood could be spilled. Therefore, understanding all the responsibility for the fact that Russian blood will be spilled on one side, we are turning our convoy around and going back to our basecamps, according to the plan.