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Samantha Lock

Plea for return of jailed Australian fighter in Ukraine

Australian Oscar Jenkins has been sentenced to prison by Russia after fighting for Ukraine. (HANDOUT/YOUTUBE)

An Australian man jailed for 13 years in a maximum-security Russian prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces should be immediately released after being given a sham trial, the Australian government says. 

Oscar Jenkins, 33, was found guilty by a court of taking part in an armed conflict as a mercenary, said a statement on Friday from prosecutors in a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia.

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