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Australian man Oscar Jenkins was captured by Russian forces in Ukraine. Picture: Screengrab

‘Not our friends’: Ukraine warning to Aussies

Australians have been warned that “Russians are not our friends” after a Melbourne man was captured in Ukraine.

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Mr Jenkins' was struck several times in the video of his interrogation. Picture: Screengrab

Warning to Russia over detained Aussie

The Russian government has been urged to “fully adhere” to humanitarian law after reports its forces had captured a Melbourne man in Ukraine.

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Bizarre video of an Australian man - now captive in the hands of Russian soldiers in Ukraine - has emerged of him ranting about veganism and wanting to “force” Chinese people to be vegan.

Detained Aussie’s wild vegan rant

Bizarre video of an Aussie reportedly captured by Russian soldiers in Ukraine – where he rants about wanting to “force” Chinese people to be vegan – has emerged.

TOPSHOT - A woman walks among rubbles at the site of a missile attack in Kyiv on December 20, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital Kyiv at sunrise on December 20, 2024, killing at least one person and cutting heating to hundreds of residential buildings in cold temperatures. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

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Russia’s revenge: Kremlin strikes embassies in savage missile attack

Russia has sent a sinister message to the world targeting six foreign embassies in Ukraine with missiles in retaliation for the ongoing supply of western weapons to Kyiv.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 15 2024: Little Amal puppet arrives in Adelaide. Little Amal arrives by boat on the river Torrens.Picture: NCA NewsWire / RoyVphotography

Red carpet rolls out for Gaza refugees

From free school fees and hospital visits to food vouchers and free bus cards, one state is rolling out the red carpet for refugees fleeing violence in Gaza.

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TOPSHOT - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken receives the NATO ratification documents from Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during a ceremony at the US State Department, as Sweden formally joins the North Atlantic alliance, in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2024. Kristersson hailed his country's entry into NATO as a "victory for freedom," as it turned the page on two centuries of non-alignment following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The accession "is a victory for freedom today. Sweden has made a free, democratic, sovereign and united choice to join NATO," he said at the ceremony. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Nation finally joins NATO after two-year wait

Another country has joined NATO in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, capping two years of torturous diplomacy.

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A British soldier looks into a telescopic sight as he holds his sniper rifle during the NATO DRAGON-24 military exercise in Korzeniewo, northern Poland, March 4, 2024. Poland hosts armed forces of other countries for the national exercise DRAGON-24 that is part of the Steadfast Defender exercise, NATO's biggest military exercise since the Cold War. The Western military alliance has said some 90,000 troops will take part in the months-long Steadfast Defender 24 exercise designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. Steadfast Defender will be composed of a series of smaller individual drills and will span from North America to NATO's eastern flank, close to the Russian border. About 20,000 soldiers in total will be involved in the Dragon 24 exercise. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)

Germany blasts Russia war claims; Brits ‘on ground’ in Ukraine

A leaked tape of senior German army officers discussing the war in Ukraine has caused outrage and raised serious security questions.

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Rescuers work at the site of a heavily damaged multi-story apartment building, following a Russian drone attack, in Odesa, on March 2, 2024. (Photo by Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP)

‘Unspeakable grief’: Babies among dead in Russian drone strike

A Russian strike on the Ukraine port city of Odesa hit an apartment block killing at least a dozen people. Warning: Graphic

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 28, 2024: Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, and co-chair of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, Kateryna Argyrou address the National Press Club in Canberra, two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘We need more’: Ukraine’s plea to Australia

Australia needs to provide more “money and material” to help Ukraine hold the line against Russia, the ambassador says.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is led away by police. Picture: Supplied

Navalny’s lawyer ‘arrested for ‘disrupting public order’

Vasily Dubkov, the lawyer acting for Alexei Navalny and his family, has been arrested in Moscow, according to Russian news media.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 24: People with placards and Ukrainian flags participate in a march to mark 2 years since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Entering its third year, Russia's unyielding war on Ukraine has raised concerns about how long Western countries will continue providing weapons and other support to Kyiv. The supply of ammunition, arms, and manpower is now a critical factor in a conflict that has claimed over half a million casualties, and caused the widespread displacement of civilians. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Sunak backs ‘bolder’ action on frozen Russian assets

On the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, British leader Rishi Sunak has called on the West to go “further” with sanctions against Russia.

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Alex Sinitsky was captured by Russian troops very early on and spent more than 500 days in a Russian gulag. He has just been released in the last few weeks and reunited with his kids (via zoom) as he remains in a hospital/hospice in Ukraine. Supplied

‘I’m back’: Son held captive by Russia surprises Aussie family

On the eve of the second anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia war, a soldier held captive by Putin’s forces has changed the lives of his Sydney-based family.

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(FILES) Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny attends an opposition march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in central Moscow on February 25, 2018. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on February 16, 2024 at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia's federal penitentiary service said in a statement. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)

KGB tactic possible cause of Navalny’s death

A “hallmark” tactic used by the KGB has been revealed as the possible cause of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death while in prison.

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Eleven Ukrainian children crossed the border from Belarus to Ukraine Tuesday evening, in the latest return of children taken to Russia and occupied territories during the nearly two-year Ukraine war.

Emotional scenes as Ukrainian children taken to Russia returned

Eleven Ukrainian children — including two-year-old twins — have been reunited with their families after being held in Russia. See the photos.

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