Russia-Ukraine war
Albanese seeks ‘positive outcome’ for Australian fighter captured by Russia
Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins became the first known Australian to be taken prisoner by Russia in Ukraine, when footage of him appeared on social media.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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‘Your typical Aussie cricket boy’: Why Oscar Jenkins went to fight in Ukraine
On the cricket field, Oscar Jenkins was a formidable all-rounder. The former Melbourne Grammar student’s teammates were shocked to learn he had been captured by Russians on a Ukrainian battlefield.
- by Sherryn Groch and Ashleigh McMillan
Australia demands answers from Russian ambassador over Australian prisoner of war
Australia is urgently seeking updates on the welfare of Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins, after footage of him being slapped by Russian interrogators circulated online.
- by Rob Harris and Natassia Chrysanthos
Ukraine offered Moscow bombing suspect $158,000 to kill top general, Russia claims
Russian authorities claim the detainee was promised $158,000 and safe passage to a European country if he helped kill Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.
- by Reuters
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Australia to reopen embassy in Kyiv almost three years after Russian invasion
The government had been encouraged by President Volodymyr Zelensky to reopen the embassy, while other senior Ukrainians had expressed frustration with the government’s reluctance to return.
- by Rob Harris
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Russia
Ukraine says it killed top Russian general in charge of nuclear forces
Igor Kirillov, accused of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukraine, died when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off.
- by Andrew Osborn and Guy Faulconbridge
Australian troops could play role in Ukraine peace deal
Australian and British ministers hold talks amid pressure from Donald Trump for European countries to consider sending troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers.
- by Rob Harris
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Russia
North Korean troops are now on ‘front lines’ of Russia’s war ‘in combat’ against Ukraine
These are the first reported casualties since the US and Ukraine announced that North Korea had sent troops to Russia to help it in the almost three-year war.
- by Samya Kullab and Tara Copp
Ukrainian drone flies 800km from front line to hit target in Russia’s Chechnya
Ukraine has also acted to sever Russia’s logistic fuel supply routes from Ukraine’s annexed Crimea to occupied Zaporizhzhia.
- by Samya Kullab
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Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky says Putin ‘fears’ Trump
The Ukrainian president admitted the previously top-secret casualty numbers a few hours after the US president-elect released the data as evidence that the war needed to stop.
- by Rob Harris
US Republicans have a ‘homoerotic obsession’ with Putin, says Johnson
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a Sydney audience he had spoken with Donald Trump since the election and believed the president-elect would have “no choice” but to support Ukraine.
- by Michael Koziol
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