London CNN —A British man has been taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region, Russian state media has reported. Russian state media outlet TASS said the man was 22-year-old James Scott Rhys Andersen, a former British soldier, citing a military source. The British Foreign Office confirmed it was “supporting the family of a British man following reports of his detention.”In a video circulating on Russian media, a man identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson and said had previously fought in the British Army before flying to Poland and taking a bus to the Ukrainian border. People of various nationalities, often former soldiers, have fought against Russian forces in Ukraine’s International Legion, bolstering Kyiv’s armed forces in the conflict. Kyiv launched an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August, taking Moscow and even its own allies by surprise.

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Persons: London CNN —, James Scott Rhys Andersen, James Scott Rhys Anderson, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: London CNN, Ukraine, British Foreign Office, British Army, Russian, Ukraine’s International Legion, CNN, Russia Locations: Russia’s Kursk, British, Poland, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Kursk