Hands tied, eyes downcast, dressed in military attire, James Scott Rhys Anderson explains that he was dismissed from the British army before joining Ukraine. This is how everyday life The Times described, on Sunday, November 24, the video just published on the Telegram network of a 22-year-old young man captured while fighting in Russia alongside Kiev forces. “Security service sources told the Russian news agency Tass that it was intercepted in the Kursk region, where Ukrainians have carried out several incursions since August,” develops the London newspaper.
Signal soldier in a British Army regiment between 2019 and 2023, Anderson says he joined the International Legion “after hearing about it on television”. “It was a stupid idea,” he assures in front of the camera, with a “English accent”. “The video has not yet been authenticated, and doubts remain about when it was recorded,” slide The Guardian.
London expects cyberattacks
The fact remains that the distribution of such a document is part of an escalation of tensions between London and Moscow, notes the press. “In recent days, the UK has given permission to Ukraine to strike targets on Russian territory using long-range Storm Shadow missiles,” note the Times. At the same time, the British government says it is preparing for massive cyberattacks that “could deprive millions of people of electricity”. “In the UK, Russia has already targeted our media, our telecoms, our democratic institutions and our energy infrastructure, said Pat McFadden, the British minister for intergovernmental relations, at a NATO meeting. This is part of a ‘hidden war’.”
Monday November 25, the British Foreign Office confirmed “provide assistance to the family of a detained British man”, without further details, while the Ministry of Defense declined to comment.
“The presence of foreign volunteers in Kursk, a region in southern Russia, has been reported several times without being confirmed, and Mr. Anderson would therefore be the first to be captured,” noted The Daily Telegraph. According to data communicated by kyiv at the start of the war, some 20,000 nationals from 52 countries chose to come to Ukraine’s aid. “But since then, the data on this subject has no longer been communicated,” complete the TV channel Sky News.
