British captured by Russian troops. “This is the first time I've seen a case like this.”
Russian forces have detained a 22-year-old British man who was a member of the International Forces of Ukraine's Armed Forces in the Kursk region, the BBC reported, citing Russian media. According to the New York Times, this is probably the first time Western soldiers have been detained on Russian territory since the country began its invasion of Ukraine.
According to Russian media reports, the detained man is James Scott Rhys Anderson, a “British mercenary” who belonged to a battalion of about 500 Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia's Kursk region. . Ukraine has been fighting in the region since August. Currently, Ukrainian forces are facing a counterattack from Russian forces supported by North Korean soldiers.
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A video circulating online shows a man in uniform identifying himself as Anderson and saying he served as a private in the British Army from 2019 to 2023. He explained that he joined the corps after losing his job and watching coverage of the Ukraine war on television. The man reportedly flew from Luton in the UK to Krakow and then took a bus to the border with Ukraine.
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As reported by the BBC, the British Foreign Office said only that it “supports the British family in relation to the reported detention of the British national.”
War in Ukraine. Media: James Scott Rhys Anderson captured by Russians
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Scott Anderson confirmed that his son, who serves in the Ukrainian military, took part in the recording. His father expressed concern that James would be tortured by the Russian authorities. She added that she is in daily contact with her son, and just last week he was supposed to be in the Sumy region of Ukraine, near the Russian border.
According to the NYT, Russian investigators are likely to charge Anderson with being a mercenary and illegally participating in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
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