Exiled Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in Russia, president of Belarus says

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia while his troops remain at the camps where they stayed before the short-lived rebellion, the president of Belarus said Thursday.

After stating last week that Prigozhin was in Belarus, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told international reporters Thursday that the warlord was in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Wagner's troops still were at their camps.

"As for Prigozhin, he’s in St. Petersburg," Lukashenko told reporters. "He is not on the territory of Belarus."