The Russian armed forces have reportedly captured a British mercenary in the Kursk Region.
The captured individual was identified as 22-year-old James Scott Rhys Anderson.
According to a reliable security source speaking to Sputnik, a Russian state-owned news agency, Anderson, a self-proclaimed British national, is currently under interrogation.
A video of Anderson’s interrogation, released on Sunday by the Telegram channel Troika, provides a glimpse into the young mercenary’s background and motivations.
During the interrogation, Anderson claimed that he had previously served in the 22nd Signal Regiment of the UK armed forces from 2019 to 2023.
Following his departure from the military, he purportedly sought to join the Ukrainian Foreign Legion due to financial and personal challenges.
In the video, Anderson revealed that his decision to become a mercenary was influenced by his father’s incarceration and subsequent financial hardships, which led him to a point where he felt he had “lost everything.”
Reflecting on his actions, the British national admitted that his choice to join the ranks of mercenaries was a “stupid idea.”
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More from Sputnik News:
Ukrainian forces launched an offensive in the Kursk Region on August 6. Their advance was halted, Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said, adding that Russia’s operation in the region would be completed by defeating the enemy and reaching the border.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine had lost more than 35,000 troops in the fighting in the Kursk direction. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the move a large-scale provocation aimed at civilians and vowed a proper response.
The Russian Defense Ministry has been warning foreign mercenaries against traveling to fight in Ukraine. Those who do not have the status of combatants under international law are not eligible for protection as prisoners of war, it says.
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