Minsk: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia's mercenary army, is currently in St. Petersburg, and his Wagner troops are still residing in the camps where they were previously stationed prior to an unsuccessful mutiny, according to the president of Belarus.

On June 24, Prigozhin agreed to put an end to his uprising in exchange for security assurances for himself and his soldiers and permission to relocate to Belarus, thanks in part to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Following his assertion that Prigozhin was in Belarus last week, Lukashenko informed foreign reporters on Thursday that the mercenary leader is actually in St. Petersburg and that the Wagner troops are still present in their camps.

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Although Prigozhin's mercenaries fought alongside Russian forces in Ukraine prior to their uprising, he did not specify the location of the camps.

Before embarking on what Prigozhin referred to as a "march of justice" to remove the Russian defence minister and the head of the General Staff, the rebels swiftly overran the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and seized its military headquarters.

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As part of the agreement mediated by Lukashenko, Prigozhin claimed his troops had advanced to within 200 kilometres (124 miles) of Moscow when he ordered them to stop.

The unsuccessful uprising exposed the Kremlin's vulnerability and posed the biggest threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than 20 years in office.

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Following reports that Prigozhin had been seen in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, Lukashenko made the statement. His presence was regarded as a component of the agreements allowing him to settle his business there.