Wagner leader Prigozhin flees Russia for exile in Belarus after agreeing to stand down

WAGNER coup leader Yevgeny Prigozhin fled to Belarus after striking a deal with Vladimir Putin to stand down his rebel forces just 120 miles from Moscow. The mercenary boss left Russia as part of a deal to end his uprising with charges against him being dropped, the Kremlin annouced. Yesterday Putin faced the biggest challenge to his iron fist rule since he rose to power in the aftermath of the collapsed Soviet Union and took control of the Kremlin more than two decades ago. Wagner boss Prigozhin vowed to “punish“ Russia after he blamed the Kremlin for a deadly missile attack on one of his training camps in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The Sun newspaper brings you the latest breaking news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Sun: Like The Sun on F