Russia urged to act lawfully after video purportedly shows Australian man fighting for Ukraine captured
Dfat making inquiries about footage showing man who identifies himself as Oscar Jenkins, PM confirms
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The federal government has urged Russia to adhere to international law obligations regarding prisoners of war, after a video purporting to show the Russian capture of an Australian man fighting for Ukraine on the war’s eastern front circulated online.
The man, who identified himself as Oscar Jenkins, is struck several times and questioned roughly in Russian in the video, which was circulating on the messaging service Telegram. Nine newspapers, which broke news of the video, reported that the footage was first shared by the Russian journalist Alexander Sladkov.
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