Rhys Anderson’s father, Scott, told British outlet the Daily Mail overnight that he was in “complete shock” and expressed fears his son will be tortured.
“We spoke on WhatsApp almost every day until he went on his most recent operation,” Scott Anderson said. “He was acting as a signalman.”
Kyiv’s military captured parts of Kursk in August in an operation that represented the first military offensive into Russia since World War II. North Korean soldiers have since been deployed to help Russia repel the incursion, prompting condemnation from Ukraine’s allies in the West.