Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is currently in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told CNN during a press conference with international media in Minsk.

In response to a question from CNN's Matthew Chance, Lukashenko said that Wagner forces were at their “regular camps,” implying that they are not in Belarus.

“In terms of Yevgeny Prigozhin, he is in St Petersburg. Or maybe this morning he would travel to Moscow or elsewhere,” Lukashenko said. “But he is not on the territory of Belarus now.”

He said that Wagner’s whereabouts were “not a question for me,” because “this is a Russian company.”Lukashenko previously said he brokered a deal to end Prigozhin's mutiny last month, convincing Russian President Vladimir Putin not to "destroy" the Wagner group and arranging for Prigozhin to move to Belarus.