Oscar Jenkins said to face 15-year jail term on charges of fighting as ‘mercenary’

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Australia will use “whatever avenues” it can to help Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins, who reportedly faces a 15-year jail term in Russia for fighting with Ukrainian troops.

The prime minister said on Saturday that the government would “continue to make representations to the reprehensible regime of Vladimir Putin” to release Jenkins, 33, a former teacher who fought with Ukraine’s armed forces against Russia’s invasion.

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