A Russian court jailed a British man for 19 years on Wednesday after he was found guilty of fighting for Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia.

Brit James Scott Rhys Anderson was detained in November, a month before the capture of Australian man Oscar Jenkins by Russian forces was confirmed.

A British man accused by Russia of fighting for Ukraine has been jailed for 19 years by a Russian military court. James Scott Rhys Anderson was reportedly captured in Russia's Kursk region last November,

A Russian court said James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, has been jailed for 19 years after being charged with terrorist and mercenary offences and found guilty after a closed trial. Investigators accused Anderson of illegally crossing into Kursk in November as part of an armed group that committed unspecified 'criminal acts against civilians'.

Ukraine handed over several dozen Russians who were taken to Ukraine from the Kursk region after the Ukrainian army took control of parts of the region.

Thirty-three civilians from Ukrainian-controlled areas of Russia’s Kursk region who had been taken to Ukraine have now returned to Russia, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said.

Russia has sentenced British prisoner of war James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, to 19 years in prison for fighting in Ukraine.