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A Russian court on Tuesday confirmed that a British soldier allegedly fighting for Ukraine in Russia’s western Kursk region had been detained.
The UK man, James Scott Rhys Anderson, will remain in custody for “participating in armed hostilities on the territory of the Kursk region”, the court ordered.
A video circulating on social media showed Anderson, 22, saying that he had previously served in the British army.
Who is he?
The court identified Anderson being a British citizen from Banbury, Oxfordshire. Russia suspects him of “committing a set of particularly serious crimes that pose a particular public danger to the public”.
According to a report by TASS, the 22-year-old man had served as a signalman in the British Army for four years before joining the International Legion of Ukraine.
In Ukraine, Anderson was employed as an instructor for Ukrainian troops and was allegedly deployed in the Kursk region against his will.
‘Begged him not to go’
Anderson’s father Scott Anderson, told DailyMail, that he had begged his son not to go to Ukraine.
“He wanted to go out there because he thought he was doing what was right. “I’m hoping he’ll be used as a bargaining chip, but my son told me they torture their prisoners and I’m so frightened he’ll be tortured,” he said.
Russia launches drone barrage
Russia launched a record 188 drones at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said Tuesday, amid growing international tensions after Russia fired a nuclear-capable missile that could reach European cities.
The Kremlin declined on Tuesday to confirm that Ukrainian forces had again launched US-provided long-range ATACMS at Russia this week but blamed Washington for escalating the conflict nonetheless.
“During the night attack, the enemy launched a record number of Shahed strike unmanned aerial vehicles and unidentified drones,” the air force said Tuesday, referring to Iranian-designed drones and putting the overall number fired at 188.
The air force said it had shot down 76 Russian drones in 17 regions, while another 95 were either lost from their radars or downed by electronic jamming defensive systems. It did not specify what happened to the remainder.
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