Australian officials are working to secure the release of Oscar Jenkins, a Melbourne man captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia is pushing for a positive outcome as it pursues Russia over the case of missing Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins, who has been captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine. Jenkins became the first known Australian to be captured in the conflict after footage of the 32-year-old with his hands tied and being slapped across the face was paraded on social media platform Telegram and widely circulated by pro-Putin accounts on Sunday.
The footage of Oscar Jenkins, with his wrists bound, was shared widely by pro-Russian social media accounts. After Russia’s ambassador to Australia was called to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra on Monday afternoon, Albanese said officials were working to ensure Jenkins’ safety. “In Australia, we have called in the Russian ambassador to Canberra to make appropriate representations. Our Australian embassy in Moscow is also making representations to secure a positive outcome,” Albanese said on Tuesday. “It is an opportunity for us to say that the warnings which are there, about travelling to areas of conflict, are ones that should be heeded by Australians. This is not a safe or secure thing to do and there is risk involved.“But we will continue – as we always do – to make representations on behalf of Australians. We make representations appropriately through the embassy, and we always look after Australians.” Donald Rothwell, an international law expert at the Australian National University, said Jenkins was a combatant who had become a prisoner of war, based on known facts. “Russia has obligations under the Geneva Conventions not to mistreat a prisoner of war and not to publicly humiliate them, such as by posting images on social media,” he said.Prisoners of war can be exchanged during a conflict – and some have occurred over the course of the war in Ukrain
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