The Wagner Group headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday who was heading towards the Russian capital, Moscow to oust Russia's military leadership, halted its march and agreed to leave Russia for Belarus.

Prigozhin in a video post on the messaging service Telegram had stated that it is pulling its troop to avoid bloodshed.

"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, " Wagner chief stated.

The deal to end Wagner's armed insurrection was reportedly brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Kremlim spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said an agreement was reached with Prigozhin.

“You will ask me what will happen to Prigozhin personally?” Peskov said. “The criminal case will be dropped against him. He himself will go to Belarus.”

The spokesperson said the Wagner chief had turned his troops “toward their field camps, in accordance with the plan.” He added that the troops would face no “legal action” for marching towards the capital, Moscow, and that the Wagner personnel will sign contracts with Russia’s Ministry of Defense.

As reported by CNN, videos, authenticated and geolocated by CNN showed Prigozhin and Wagner forces heading back from their positions at Russian military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and further marching towards the capital.

The armed insurrection move by Wagner chief questioned the Russian President Vladimir Putin's dominance of over 20 years in the country.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told in the CBS News’s “Face the Nation” that the insurrection showed “cracks in the facade” of Putin’s leadership.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin in a speech said (as reported by CNN), Wagner’s “betrayal” and “any actions that fracture our unity” are “a stab in the back of our country and our people.”

Prigozhin in response said that the president was “deeply mistaken.”

“We are patriots of our Motherland, we fought and are fighting,” he said in audio messages.The Wagner chief claimed his forces seized the Russian Southern Military Headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don “without firing a single shot,” suggesting that “the country supports us.”

Prigozhin on Friday had accused Russian forces of striking a Wagner military camp and killing “a huge amount” of his fighters.

However, Russia’s Ministry of Defense has denied his allegations, calling it an “informational provocation.”

The Wagner Group which was first identified in 2014 is a private army of mercenaries i.e., an army who fight when they are paid instead of fighting following an ideology.

The Wagner Group headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin initially had about 5,000 fighters who were mostly veterans of Russia's elite regiments and Special Forces.

But as per a statement in their January by UK Ministry of Defence, the group commands 50,000 fighters in Ukraine and has become a key component of the Ukraine campaign.

According to the US National Security Council, 80% of Wagner's troops in Ukraine have been hired from prisons.