A video has emerged showing an Australian man, identified as Oscar Jenkins, being interrogated and beaten by a Russian-speaking captor in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Russian authorities are investigating reports of his capture, while Australian officials are demanding his humane treatment and adherence to international law.
Family and friends hold grave fears for man identified as Oscar Jenkins who was reportedly captured by Russian soldiers in Donbas regionMoscow is looking into reports that the Russian army may have captured an Australian citizen fighting with Ukrainian forces, while a foreign affairs official noted Canberra’s “hostile stance towards Russia” at a briefing.
During a weekly news briefing in Moscow on Wednesday, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed Australian diplomats had been in contact about the possible capture. “Efforts are currently underway to verify reports of the captured Australian citizen,” she said, according to Russian news agency TASS.Australian officials have urged their Russian counterparts to adhere to humanitarian obligations in their treatment of the 32-year-old Melburnian. In videos circulated on social media, a visibly bruised and shaken man, who identified himself as Oscar Jenkins, is interrogated and beaten by a Russian-speaking captor.The man asks Jenkins in Russian how it was he came to be in Kramatorsk, a town 700km east of Kyiv in the Donbas region, near the Russian-Ukrainian frontline. Standing in army fatigues in a forest, Jenkins tells the man he wanted to help Ukraine and had previously lived in China. The acting foreign affairs minister, Mark Dreyfus, has urged the Russian government to fully adhere to its obligations under international humanitarian law, including with respect to prisoners of war.DFAT is providing consular support to Jenkins’ family
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