Prigozhin, Wagner troops leave Rostov-on-Don VIDEO

Eyewitnesses have captured on video the founder of the Wagner PMC leaving the building of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, Gazeta.ru reports.

The footage shows him walking out the gates, accompanied by his PMC fighters.

In addition, a video was published of Prigozhin driving away in a car to the whistles and cheers of the crowd. He bids farewell to the people of the town, shaking his fist and shaking hands with eyewitnesses through the window.

As reported by the media, all the heavy equipment and fighters of the Wagner PMC left the territory near the headquarters of the Southern Military District.

Mutinous Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday he had ordered his fighters advancing on Moscow in convoy to turn around and return to their bases to avoid bloodshed.

Prigozhin had earlier said that he wanted to oust the army's top brass and "restore justice." Putin said the mutiny had to be decisively put down.

The office of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had spoken to Prigozhin with Putin's approval, and that the head of the Wagner militia had agreed to de-escalate the situation.

In an audio message released by his press service, Prigozhin said:

"They wanted to disband the Wagner military company. We embarked on a march of justice on June 23. In 24 hours we got to within 200 km of Moscow. In this time we did not spill a single drop of our fighters' blood.

"Now the moment has come when blood could be spilled. Understanding responsibility [for the chance] that Russian blood will be spilled on one side, we are turning our columns around and going back to field camps as planned."

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had a second telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday evening to inform him of the results of his talks with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, Belarusian state news agency Belta reported.

Earlier, Lukashenko's office said he had spoken to Prigozhin with Putin's approval, and that the mutinous head of the Wagner militia had agreed to stop the movement.

The criminal case against Yevgeny Prigozhin will be dropped, he will go to Belarus, Russian leader's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists, according to RBC. He provided no details about what Prigozhin would do in Belarus.

According to Peskov, the situation with Prigozhin was resolved without further losses and without increasing the level of tension.

Part of the willing fighters of the "Wagner" PMC will sign contracts with the Defense Ministry, said Peskov. At the same time, he said it concerns only those who were not involved in yesterday's actions.