Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will take the “strongest action possible” if Russia has harmed an Australian who was taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine

Australia should downgrade diplomatic relations with Russia if the killing of prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins is verified, the nation's Ukrainian community says.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday his government will take the "strongest action possible" if Russia has harmed an Australian who was taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine.

Grave fears for Australian foreign fighter and Russian prisoner Oscar Jenkins were growing on Tuesday night, after Russia’s Ambassador to Canberra was hauled in over unconfirmed reports the former Melbourne Grammar boy had been executed by Vladimir Putin’s soldiers.

We’ll await the facts to come out, but if there has been any harm caused to Oscar Jenkins, that’s absolutely reprehensible and the Australian government will take the strongest action possible,' says

Anthony Albanese has vowed to take the 'strongest action possible' against Russia if it is confirmed that Australian man Oscar Jenkins has died since being captured fighting in Ukraine.

In response to these reports, the Russian ambassador in Canberra was summoned to the Australian Foreign Ministry, which reiterated that Russia must adhere to international law regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.

A foreign soldier who trained Oscar Jenkins to fight in Ukraine accused Russian troops of torturing and executing the Australian man to make an example of him.

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"There has been no transfer of the body (of Oscar Jenkins)," Ukraine's Ground Forces Command told a Ukrainian investigative journalism outlet Slidstvo.Info.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded on Wednesday to the alleged death of Oscar Jenkins, a Melbourne man captured while fighting for Ukraine, swearing to take 'the strongest action