Mercenaries are outlawed under international law. But Russia has misused the label to deny foreign fighters their protections ...

Russia has sentenced an Australian man to 13 years in a maximum-security prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, ...

Russia has jailed Melbourne teacher Oscar Jenkins for 13 years for fighting with Ukrainian forces, prosecutors in occupied Ukraine say.

An Australian man captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine has been jailed for 13 years on the charge of being a ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will raise efforts to free Melbourne teacher Oscar Jenkins from Russian custody with ...

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has slammed Russia’s “sham trial” after Oscar Jenkins was handed a 13-year jail term ...

The former cricket coach and teacher from Melbourne is the latest foreigner to vanish into Russia’s brutal penal system.

Anthony Albanese will talk about efforts to free Australian fighter Oscar Jenkins when he meets Ukraine’s president in Rome ...

Anthony Albanese is expected to raise the fate of Oscar Jenkins when he meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the Pope’s inauguration mass, after the Australian soldier was ...

Speaking to reporters in Rome, the prime minister says the government will continue to advocate for Mr Jenkins' release.

Australian Oscar Jenkins has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in Russia for fighting against the Kremlin in its war with ...

Oscar Jenkins, 33, was found guilty by a court in Luhansk of participating in an armed conflict as a mercenary, prosecutors said in a statement, after it ruled he had fought for Ukraine against ...