Ukraine-Russia war latest: ‘Former British soldier’ captured as Putin launches hundreds of glide bombs
Zelensky accuses Russia of firing 800 aerial-guided bombs at Ukraine
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Your support makes all the difference.Vladimir Putin’s have forces captured a British man fighting with the Ukrainian army in Russia’s Kursk region, which is still partially controlled by Ukraine, Russian reports claim.
“A mercenary from Great Britain, who called himself James Scott Rhys Anderson, was captured. He is now giving evidence,” a Russian security source told state news agency RIA.
In a video posted on pro-war Russian Telegram channels, a young bearded man wearing military clothing with what appears to be his hands tied in the back, says in English that he formerly served in the British Army.
It came as Russia launched hundreds of deadly glide bombs at Ukraine over the past week.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired 800 KAB aerial-guided bombs – winged explosives weighing up to 1,500kg – at Ukraine over the last week. KAB are old-fashioned “iron” aerial bombs of the sort that were dropped by bombers during the Second World War and are particularly destructive.
In response, Mr Zelensky said Ukraine needed to improve its air defences to help fend off almost daily aerial attacks launched by Russia.
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Russian forces captured a British mercenary fighting with the Ukrainian army in Russia’s Kursk region, which is still partially controlled by Kyiv forces, a security source told Russia’s RIA state news agency.
“A mercenary from Great Britain, who called himself James Scott Rhys Anderson, was captured. He is now giving evidence,” the Russian source told RIA in remarks published on Sunday.
In a video posted on unofficial pro-war Russian Telegram channels on Sunday, a young bearded man wearing military clothing with what appears to be his hands tied in the back, says in English that his name is James Scott Rhys Anderson and that he formerly served in the British Army.
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Former British soldier ‘fighting for Ukraine is captured by Russian forces’
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