Oscar Jenkins
Russian installed prosecutors have said an Australian man who was captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security prison.
Oscar Jenkins was convicted in a Russian-controlled court in occupied Western Ukraine on Friday while fighting in an armed conflict as a mercenary.
Jenkins, a teacher from Melbourne, was captured last December in the Luhansk region.
Prosecutors said he arrived in Ukraine in February of 2024, alleging he was paid between 600,000 and 800,000 rubles a month to take part in military operations against Russian troops.
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