New video warning for Australian soldiers joining Ukraine against Russia: ‘We’ll kill all you, f*** it’
New video has emerged warning Australian soldiers who join Ukrainian forces in the war against Russia they will be killed, after Oscar Jenkins was reportedly ‘executed’. Warning: Graphic
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Exclusive: A horrifying video has emerged warning Australian soldiers that if they dare to join Ukrainian forces in the war against Russia they will be killed.
The confronting post, uploaded to social media platform Telegram, comes amid worldwide reports Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins was executed by Russian forces after being captured while fighting for the Ukrainian International Legion.
The 17-second clip, posted online, also shows piles of dead bodies – some still wearing their combat uniforms – as voice issues a stern warning to Australians that if they decide to team up with Ukrainian soldiers they will suffer the same fate.
Warning: Video above may be distressing for some viewers.
“Here is what is going to happen to you f***ing Australian recruits - we’ll kill all you, f*** it, you are all lying here, some f***ing legion,” the voice can be heard saying in Russian.
“You will die all of you here.”
On a sun-drenched trailer, the video shows what appears up to a dozen soldiers sprawled across one another.
Blood is spattered on some of the corpses, many of them naked.
One of the dead, with no clothes on the upper half of his body, lays face down with his arms crossed above his head.
In one corner of the trailer, there is a pile of guns and other military equipment stacked up.
The video – narrated in Russian – has not been verified by officials but has been widely shared on the social media platform.
Concerns for Mr Jenkins welfare were raised after a separate video circulated on Telegram in December showing him being interrogated by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
In the two-minute clip he was repeatedly asked a series of questions including his name and his country of origin.
He only gives the soldiers his first name, before being asked for his surname and peppered with many other questions.
He then explains he is 32 years of age and he lives in both Australia and Ukraine.
Mr Jenkins, visibly under duress during the interrogation and looking gaunt, answers the questions that are asked aggressively.
He responds mainly in English but also uses some Ukrainian words.
Mr Jenkins also says in the video he is a student and has been studying biology.
The former teacher has previously been living in China before he moved to Ukraine and it is understood he had very little military experience before joining to fight alongside Ukrainian forces.
Authorities including in Australia have not yet been able to confirm if Mr Jenkins is dead but many of his acquaintances believe he is deceased.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said this week that if Mr Jenkins had been killed by Russian forces swift action would be taken.
“We’ve called in the Russian ambassador already,” he said.
“We’re seeking clarification as to whether… any harm has occurred to Mr Jenkins, and we’ll take the strongest possible action if it is the case that any harm has been caused to him,”
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