Brit ex-soldier ‘captured by Russian troops while fighting in Kursk’ after leaving UK to fight on Ukraine frontline

AN EX-BRITISH worker has been captured by Russian forces warring for Ukraine.

The PoW was paraded by his captors successful 2 abstracted propaganda videos posted online today.

He is said to person been taken captive during fierce warring successful Russia's Kursk region.

Ukrainian troops are battling to support the territory aft a astonishment battle crossed the borderline successful August.

He gave his sanction arsenic James Scott Rhys Anderson and his day of birth.

Anderson, wearing greenish subject clothing, said helium served successful the British Army betwixt 2019 and 2023 earlier travelling to Ukraine.

He goes connected to archer interrogators helium was a backstage successful 22 Signal Regiment.

The detainee says helium near the Army earlier applying online to articulation Ukraine's International Legion.

He adds: "I had conscionable mislaid everything. I'd conscionable mislaid my job.

"I spot it connected the TV. It was a anserine idea."

In a 2nd video - believed to person been taken soon aft helium was captured - his hands are bound successful reddish tape.

He is asked by his interrogator however agelong helium served successful the British Army.

He replies: "I larn for 1 twelvemonth and I enactment for 4 years."

The interrogator past asks: "Why you travel successful Russia?"

Anderson says: "Commander instrumentality my s*** and archer maine to come...I don't privation to beryllium here."

Last night, erstwhile Brit PoW Shaun Pinner, who was captured astatine the commencement of the war, said helium faces a "very dangerous" 10 days.

Shaun, 51, a erstwhile worker successful the Royal Anglian Regiment, was besides paraded connected TV by the Russians earlier being sentenced to death.

He was yet released arsenic portion of a captive swap woody brokered by erstwhile Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich.

Shaun told The Sun: "Anything helium says is nether duress - we indispensable retrieve that.

"The video is important due to the fact that the much radical it goes retired to, the much radical cognize he's live and that enhances his chances.

"Someone present has a work for his safety.

"But it's important that accusation astir his inheritance is kept to a bare minimum.

"Russia volition beryllium hoping the video provokes a flurry of accusation they tin usage successful interrogation.

"My occupation erstwhile I was captured was to get connected TV. You privation to beryllium capable to archer the satellite your condition, what you look like, who has got you.

"There's nary telling what has happened since past but this is simply a positive."

The Foreign Office is understood to beryllium successful interaction with the family.

A FCDO Spokesperson said: "We are supporting the household of a British antheral pursuing reports of his detention.”

In 2022 2 British-born prisoners of warfare were sentenced to death by Russia successful a kangaroo tribunal aft joining the Ukrainian forces.

Heroes Shaun Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, pleaded guilty to “undergoing grooming with the purpose of carrying retired violent activities” successful what was wide suspected to beryllium a forced confession.

Shaun was captured during the Russian siege of Mariupol and aboriginal handed the cruel condemnation successful occupied Donetsk.

The erstwhile British Army worker was freed successful September 2022 arsenic portion of a captive exchange.

Aiden was besides captured by Putin's men successful Mariupol, and released arsenic portion of the aforesaid captive merchandise woody successful September 2022.

Both men called The Sun’s quality table weeks before their conviction, declaring they were Ukrainian citizens serving legally successful the nation’s army.

Recordings made erstwhile they called The Sun amusement they thought they were ineligible combatants entitled to beryllium treated arsenic prisoners of warfare nether the Geneva Convention.

But speaking astir the conditions of his detainment to the BBC, Aiden said: "It's similar immoderate aged Soviet benignant of constabulary thing.

"There's nary beds, conscionable factual floor, nary toilet, and they springiness you similar a tiny portion of breadstuff a day, conscionable 1 piece, and past they besides springiness you a two-litre vessel to stock amongst everyone, truthful you'd beryllium fortunate if you get possibly a 4th of a cupful of water.

"So it's conscionable the bare minimum to conscionable support you alive, and past connected apical of this, you person radical that volition get taken retired - they'll find retired thing astir them, and you conscionable perceive them being beaten."