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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Australia to advocate for Melbourne man charged by Russia after fighting for Ukraine

Still from an unverified YouTube video appearing to show Australian prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins
An unverified YouTube video appearing to show Australian prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins has been released online. Photograph: Chan Han Choi/YouTube

Australia will use “whatever avenues” it can to help Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins, who faces a 15-year jail term in Russia for fighting with Ukrainian troops.

The prime minister said on Saturday that the government would “continue to make representations to the reprehensible regime of Vladimir Putin” to release Jenkins, 33, a former teacher who fought with Ukraine’s armed forces against Russia’s invasion.

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