Foreign minister says government has received confirmation from Russia the 32-year-old is alive and in custody
Oscar Jenkins, an Australian soldier fighting for Ukraine, is alive, Russia has confirmed, according to foreign affairs minister Penny Wong.Oscar Jenkins, an Australian soldier fighting for Ukraine, is alive, Russia has confirmed, according to foreign affairs minister Penny Wong.The Australian foreign minister announced on Wednesday that the government has confirmed he is being held as a prisoner of war.
Jenkins, a 32-year-old former teacher, travelled to Ukraine and enlisted to fight with the Ukrainian military. In December, video circulated on pro-Kremlin social media accounts showing Jenkins in what appeared to be Russian captivity. He was dressed in military fatigues with his hands tied and dirt across his face. He is hit in the head by a person off-camera who asks him questions in Russian.
In response, he identified himself as 32-year-old Oscar Jenkins and, speaking in both English and Ukrainian, said he was a biology teacher who lived in Australia and Ukraine. In the short video, Jenkins was asked why he was in Kramatorsk – in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine – and if he was a mercenary, being paid to fight.
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