 Russia's mutinous Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigazin was shown in a video released on July 19, welcoming his fighters to Belarus, telling them they would take no further part in the Ukraine conflict for now, but ordering them to gather their strength for Africa. Wagner's failed June 23-24 mutiny has been interpreted by the West as a challenge to President Vladimir Putin's rule that illustrates the weakness of the 70-year-old Kremlin chief and the strain of the Ukraine's special military operation on the Russian state. The footage, reposted by his press service on Telegram, is the first video evidence of Prigazin's whereabouts since the night of the mutiny. The video was shot after night had fallen, though it was possible to discern what looked like Prigazin's profile and a group of men. In the video, the authenticity of which Reuters could not immediately verify a man whose voice in Russian sounded like Prigazin's is heard welcoming his men. The video was reposted by his press service on Telegram, since Prigazin was last seen leaving the Russian city of Rostov on June 24. Prigazin has surrounded his fate after he was cast as a traitor by Putin. It is also unclear what Wagner, which Prigazin said had 25,000 men, would do next.