Australia’s Ukrainian community is urging the Albanese government to intervene to have captured soldier Oscar Jenkins included in planned prisoner swaps, warning he risks becoming a “forgotten” prisoner of Russia’s war.

Jenkins, a 33-year-old former teacher and Australian citizen, travelled to Ukraine and enlisted to fight with the country’s military following Russia’s 2022 invasion. After being captured by Russian forces in December 2024, he was jailed for 13 years on the charge of being a “mercenary” .

Jenkins appeared in a video shared in December by a Russian military blogger showing him being roughly interrogated and hit.

The Australian Ukrainian Congress (AUC) community group urged the government and Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, to take action thr

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