There is no proof that Australian fighter was executed by Russia, prosecutors informed media

Australian volunteer soldier Oscar Jenkins has the standing of a prisoner of struggle (POW) and there’s no affirmation of his dying, a Ukrainian investigative journalism outlet Slidstvo.Data reported on Jan. 17, citing the Prosecutor Basic's Workplace.

The information comes after studies that the physique of Jenkins, a 32-year-old instructor from Melbourne whose seize was reported in December, has been discovered. He was believed to have been executed by his Russian captors.

Some media shops and Telegram channels printed a video purporting to indicate our bodies of troopers, claiming that Jenkins was amongst them.

Slidstvo.Data verified that footage was printed 4 years in the past on an Iranian web site. The outline says that it was filmed in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the unique video is in Armenian as an alternative of Russian.

Jenkins is serving within the 402nd Separate Rifle Battalion, which is a part of Ukraine's 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade, the outlet wrote. He went lacking on Dec. 16 in 2024 whereas being on a fight mission close to the village of Mykolaivka in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine's Floor Forces Command informed Slidstvo.Data.

"There was no switch of the physique (of Oscar Jenkins)," the navy stated.

The Kyiv Unbiased has contacted the Australian Embassy in Kyiv and the Ukrainian authorities however has not acquired a response on the time of publication.

The Geneva Conventions mandate all combatants to deal with POW with respect and dignity, whereas executing POWs is taken into account a gross violation of worldwide legislation and a struggle crime. Russia has been repeatedly accused of summarily executing Ukrainian POWs all through the struggle.

Moscow calls international volunteers "mercenaries" and claims they aren’t entitled to safety beneath the Geneva Conventions.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged the "strongest motion attainable" if studies of an Australian nationwide captured whereas preventing for Ukraine being executed by Russian forces are confirmed.

Australia's International Ministry has additionally summoned the Russian ambassador on Jan. 15 to demand info and stress compliance with worldwide legislation.

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