Russia Jails Australian Man for Fighting Alongside Ukraine

Anthony Albanese to discuss jailed Australian Oscar Jenkins with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome - Overpasses For America

The fate of jailed Australian Oscar Jenkins is set to be discussed in face-to-face talks between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome. Jenkins faces 13 years in a Russian prison after a court found him guilty of taking part in an armed conflict as a mercenary, which denies him the protections provided to prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention. The Australian government insists he was fighting …

Albanese seeks Zelensky talks after Jenkins’ 13-year sentence

Oscar Jenkins, who fought for Ukraine until he was captured in December last year, was this week sentenced to 13-years in a Russian maximum-security prison.

Russia sentences Australian fighting for Ukraine to 13 years in prison in sham trial

A Russian-installed court in eastern Ukraine has sentenced Australian national Oscar Jenkins to 13 years in a high-security penal colony, accusing him of fighting as a mercenary against Russian forces, pro-Kremlin officials said on May 16.The so-called Supreme Court of the Russian-controlled Luhansk Oblast found Jenkins guilty under Russian criminal law for participating in armed conflict as a mercenary. The Kremlin argues that mercenaries are n…

The Australian government has criticised the long prison term for a fellow countryman who was sentenced in Russia for his involvement in the Ukrainian defense struggle.

Plea for return of jailed Australian fighter in Ukraine

A captured Australian fighter jailed for 13 years by Russian forces was given a "sham trial" and should...

Australia has expressed its "consternation" against the 13 years in prison, in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, of an Australian citizen considered to be a "mercenary" working for Kiev.