Ukraine-Russia war latest: ‘Former British soldier’ captured as Putin launches hundreds of glide bombs
Zelensky said Russia fired 800 KAB aerial-guided bombs at Ukraine
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Your support makes all the difference.Russian forces captured a British man who was fighting with the Ukrainian army in Kursk region, which is still partially controlled by Kyiv forces, a security source told Russia’s RIA news agency.
“A mercenary from Great Britain, who called himself James Scott Rhys Anderson, was captured. He is now giving evidence,” the Russian source said.
In a video posted on unofficial 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.
Russia launched hundreds of deadly glide bombs at Ukraine over the last week as Volodymyr Zelensky called for better air defences to fend off aerial attacks.
Mr Zelensky said Russia fired 800 KAB aerial-guided bombs – winged explosives weighing up to 1,500kg – at Ukraine over the last week.
The KAB – the Ukrainian acronym for guided aerial bomb – 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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Over the past week, Russia has launched over 800 KAB-guided aerial bombs, nearly 460 attack drones, and more than 20 missiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“The air raid siren has sounded almost daily across Ukraine this week. Only last night, our air defence forces managed to shoot down about 50 attack drones,” Zelensky said.
“Ukraine is not a testing ground for weapons. Ukraine is a sovereign and independent state. But Russia still continues its efforts to kill our people, spread fear and panic, and weaken us,” he said.
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Russian media cited unidentified sources as saying that Colonel General Gennady Anashkin, the commander of the Southern Grouping, had been removed from his command, though there was no official confirmation.
Russian war bloggers have long complained about the command of the operation around Siversk where they said poorly supported Russian units were thrown into deadly battles for little apparent tactical gain.
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