Moscow accuses him of “crimes against the civilian population”. A Russian court sentenced a British national, James Anderson, detained in Russia and accused of having fought for the Ukrainian army in the Russian Koursk, border border of Ukraine on Wednesday on Wednesday on Wednesday.
The 22 -year -old man was found guilty of “terrorism” and “mercenariat”, the press service of the courts of the Koursk region said in a press release, where he was tried in camera by a military court. According to this source, he pleaded guilty and admitted to having fought for Ukraine for financial motivations.
Heavy sorrows for Ukrainian soldiers
In a statement, the Russian investigation committee argued that the young man had entered “illegally” in November 2024 in the Russian region of Koursk, where the Ukrainian army has always been several hundred square kilometers since a surprise offensive in August 2024.
James Anderson, before being “arrested” in the Koursk region, would have committed “crimes against the civilian population,” added the investigation committee, which provided no details concerning this accusation. Russian justice regularly condemns very heavy sentences of the Ukrainian soldiers captured on the battlefield and prosecuted, during trials behind closed doors, for war crimes.
She has also repeatedly condemned foreigners fighting within the Ukrainian army which she considers “mercenaries” and not as volunteers. The “mercenariat” is heavily punished in the Russian penal code, although Russia has several paramilitary groups, the best known has been “Wagner”.