{"id":129950,"date":"2024-11-25T15:44:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T08:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129950"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:44:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T08:44:49","slug":"british-man-captured-by-russia-while-fighting-with-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129950","title":{"rendered":"British man captured by Russia while fighting with Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A British man has been captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine, according to reports. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a video circulating online, a man dressed in military clothing identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, and says he formerly served in the British Army.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Russian state news agency Tass quotes a military source saying that what they call a &#8220;UK mercenary&#8221; had been &#8220;taken prisoner in the Kursk area&#8221; of Russia, part of which Ukraine has held since launching a surprise offensive in August.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Foreign Office said it was &#8220;supporting the family of a British man following reports of his detention&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Scott Anderson, his father, said he had begged him not to go to Ukraine. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;He wanted to go out there because he thought he was doing what was right,&#8221; Mr Anderson told the Daily Mail. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I\u2019m hoping he\u2019ll be used as a bargaining chip, but my son told me they torture their prisoners and I\u2019m so frightened he\u2019ll be tortured.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Anderson said he was sent the video by his son\u2019s commander and was left &#8220;in complete shock and tears&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I could see straight away it was him. He looks frightened, scared and worried,&#8221; he added. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the video, first posted to the Telegram messaging platform, Mr Anderson tells a man questioning him from behind a camera that he served as a private in the British Army from 2019 to 2023.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He says he joined the Ukraine&#8217;s International Legion &#8211; a military unit made up of foreign volunteers &#8211; after losing his job and seeing reports on television about the war. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He says he flew to Krakow in Poland from Luton and travelled from there by bus to the Ukrainian border. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ukraine launched a surprise attack into Kursk on 6 August, advancing up to 18 miles (29km) and <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx2lmr29ygjo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">taking control of around 1,000 square kilometres<!-- --><\/a> of Russian territory. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Russia has deployed some 50,000 troops to the region, and has <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cn0dpdx420lo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">begun retaking territory<!-- --><\/a> amid fierce fighting. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8rl6jp78dyo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British man has been captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine, according to reports. 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