Russian troops have captured a British mercenary who fought with the Ukrainian army in the Russian region of Kursk, a security source told Russian state news agency RIA on Sunday.
“The mercenary from Britain, who called himself James Scott Rhys Anderson, has been captured and is now being interrogated,” the Russian source told RIA.
A Sunday video posted on Russian Telegram channels shows a young, bearded man in military fatigues. His hands are tied. In English, he says his name is James Scott Rhys Anderson, and he used to serve in the British army.
Reuters news agency could not independently verify the video and other media reports. When the video was recorded is not clear, and the British Foreign Office has not yet responded.
Ukrainian troops, who launched a surprise attack on Russia’s Kursk border region in August, still control parts of it, but Kyiv said over the weekend that it had lost more than 40 percent of the territory it had captured.