The father of a British prisoner of war who was captured by Russia says "he had fallen in love with a Ukrainian girl" and revealed that his family begged him not to go to the frontline. James Scott Rhys Anderson , a British mercenary fighting for Ukraine inside Russia, has been taken prisoner by Vladimir Putin's forces. The 22-year-old former signalman was detained in the Ukrainian-occupied Kursk region of Russia, according to the Kremlin media. In a chilling interrogation video, he said he