The Australian government is urgently investigating reports that Australian citizen Oscar Jenkins, a teacher fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, has been killed by Russian forces. DFAT has summoned the Russian ambassador and demanded information, while the Coalition calls for the ambassador's expulsion if the reports are true.
DFAT is making "urgent enquiries" after a media report that Australian Oscar Jenkins has been killed by Russian forces.DFAT says the report has not yet been verified, but that the Russian ambassador was summoned on Monday and reminded of Russia's international obligations to prisoners of war. The Coalition says the ambassador should be expelled if the reports are true.
Mr Jenkins, a 32-year-old teacher, was serving alongside Ukraine's armed forces when he was captured by Russian forces last year. "The Russian Federation is obligated to treat all prisoners of war in accordance with international humanitarian law," the spokesperson said.Jenkins missing for months Mr Jenkins attended the Melbourne Grammar School and has been described as a "much loved" member of the Toorak Prahran Cricket Club. He has worked since 2017 as a lecturer in China.Coalition foreign affairs spokesperson Simon Birmingham said if reports of his "extrajudicial execution" were true, the government "should respond in the strongest possible terms" by expelling Russia's ambassador.
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