A threat diffused for now.

I'm Paul Stevens, Fox News.

They leader the Wagner group, ordering his mercenaries to stop a march toward Moscow.

Now that we see that there is this essential ceasefire that he has pulled back his troops

telling them to return to their bases, there's a lot of questions about how that all came

to be.

He said in a video recently posting online that this effort to turn around was because

he wanted to prevent any further bloodshed.

It's very unlikely that we will continue to see this commander return back to the front

lines and life to continue as it was with these mercenaries finding day in, day out with

no change.

This is something completely unprecedented and very embarrassing for him.

So it will be interesting to watch what exactly happens.

And if we do see those Russian mercenaries return to the front line.

And that's Fox's Alex Hogan in London.

So how did the Wagner group become so big in Russia?

His nickname Putin chef and part because of his ownership in several restaurants, but he

came to prominence by earning lucrative catering contracts with the Kremlin, which earned

him that nickname and his fortune.

But it wasn't until 2014 when he became heavily involved in military efforts.

That's when Russian backseparatist started becoming more active in Eastern Ukraine, specifically

in the Donbass during that same time the Wagner group was founded serving as a private

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