Russian forces arrested a former British army soldier who was fighting with Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region. According to a report on Monday
In the video, the POW sits on a bench with his hands on his back. He identified himself as 22-year-old James Scott Rehs Anderson.
Russia’s Tass news agency reported on Monday that Russian security officials have confirmed that a British mercenary has been captured in the Kursk area.
“I was previously in the British Army from 2019 to 2023, 22nd Signal Regiment,” Anderson told Russian authorities while being recorded. “It’s just a personal thing. I am a signal person Signal Corps One 22nd Signal Company, Squadron 252”
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Former British Army soldier James Scott Rehse-Anderson was reportedly captured by Russian forces in the Kursk region while fighting for Ukraine. (Credit: East2West)
He expressed regret for joining Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Explaining that he almost lost everything.
When he left the army He was fired from his job and applied on the website. International Legion (of Ukraine)
“I just lost everything. I just lost my job. My father is in jail I saw it on TV,” Anderson said, shaking his head. “It’s a stupid idea.”
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Former British Army soldier James Scott Rehse-Anderson was reportedly captured by Russian forces in the Kursk region while fighting for Ukraine. (Credit: East2West)
The International Battalion for Defense of Ukraine was established at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a full-scale Russian invasion of the country in February 2022.
The Associated Press reports that the Legion is a unit of the Ukrainian ground forces composed primarily of foreign volunteers.
Anderson reportedly served as a trainer for the Ukrainian army. and was stationed in the Kursk region against his will.
In the video, he said his commander took his things, including his passport, phone and other items, and ordered him to go to the Kursk region.
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“I don’t want to be here,” Anderson said.
The AP was unable to independently verify the report. But if confirmed It said this may be one of the first publicly disclosed cases of Westerners captured on Russian soil while fighting for Ukraine.
The British Embassy in Moscow told hotline staff: It is “assisting the family of a British man following reports of his detention,” although it did not provide any other details.
Scott Anderson, Anderson’s father told Britain’s Daily Mail that his son’s Ukrainian commander informed him that the young man had been captured.
Soldiers from the 24th Mechanized Brigade, named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Fire the 2s5 “Hyacinth-s” self-propelled howitzer at Russian troops on the front line. In the midst of a Russian attack on Ukraine near the city of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, 18 November 2024. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Department of King Danylo 24th Separate Mechanized Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS)
Anderson, a senior, also said His son served in the British Army for four years, working as a police detention officer. Then traveled to fight in Ukraine. He told the newspaper that he tried to convince his son not to join the Ukrainian army. And now he fears for his safety.
“I hope he will be used as a bargaining chip. But my son told me that they tortured the prisoners. And I was very afraid that he would be tortured,” he told Britain’s Daily Mail.
while being questioned The younger Anderson talked about how he traveled from England to Ukraine. Saying that he flew to Krakow. Poland from London Luton, from there he took a bus to Medica in Poland. which is on the border with Ukraine
Anderson’s arrest comes amid reports that Russia is recruiting hundreds of Yemeni men to fight in the war in Ukraine, luring them to Russia under false pretenses in coordination with the WHO terrorist network. hit According to the Financial Times report
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A senior Ukrainian defense official told Fox News that Moscow is trying to get as many foreign mercenaries involved in the war with Ukraine as possible. Whether from allies or proxies in poor and poor countries.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense similarly confirmed the report to Fox News and said, “Russia has escalated this war twice recently. First, when they brought in North Korean warplanes.” And secondly When they used (a) missile in Ukraine.”
Caitlin McFall and Nana Sajaia at Fox News Digital and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
