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Tamara Davison

British soldier, 22, sentenced to 19 years in Russian jail for fighting with Ukraine

The UK Foreign Office said it was “supporting the family of a British man following reports of his detention”. - (Supplied)

A Russian court has sentenced a 22-year-old British man to 19 years in jail after he was captured fighting for Ukraine.

James Scott Rhys Anderson was charged with alleged terrorist offences in a trial which took place behind closed doors before the Russian court handed down the strict sentence this week.

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