Lukashenko reveals the astonishing conversations he had at the weekend with Prigozhin

Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko has revealed the astonishing conversations he had at the weekend with Yevgeny Prigozhin, noting that Vladimir Putin was furious that the Wagner chief wouldn't take his calls during the brief uprising. Lukashenko warned Prigozhin that the Kremlin would never fulfill his demand to oust Russian defence miniter Shoigu and the chief of the general staff, General Valery Gerasimov Members of the Wagner Group prepare to depart from the Southern Military District's headquarters and return to their base in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023 The exile of the 62-year-old owner of the Wagner Group was part of a deal that ended the mutiny in Russia. In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023 Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023 PMC Wagner Group servicemen are seen pulling out of downtown Rostov-on-Don and returning to their bases on June 24, 2023 According to flight tracking website Flight Radar24, the Embraer Legacy 600 business jet with the number RA-02795 belonging to Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived in Minsk at 7.40am local time - suggesting that he has begun his exile Lukashenko asserted that he spoke with Putin over the phone at 10am local time on Saturday after Wagner forces set up a base in the Russian city of Rostov to march on towards the capital. Meanwhile, preparations were underway for Wagner's troops, who numbered 25,000 according to Prigozhin, to hand over their heavy weapons to the Russian military, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said.