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    Prosecutors said he arrived in Ukraine in February 2024, alleging he was paid between 600,000 and 800,000 rubles (£5,504 and £7,339) a month to take part in military operations against Russian troops.

    To put this in context, a teacher with about ten years of experience in that Australian state would be getting about (the equivalent of) 600,000 rubles a month anyway

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    “We’ll continue to make representations to the reprehensible regime of [Russian President] Vladimir Putin on behalf of Mr Jenkins,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told 9News in April.

    Lmfao yeah calling them reprehensible while asking them for something is really gonna help him out dipshits.

    Just before launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised all of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent of Ukraine. Russian proxy forces began an insurgency there in 2014.

    “Russian proxy forces” ? lol, ok who were the proxy though?

    Gonna start saying “UK proxy forces” for every single single conflict the UK is supporting. IDF? Nah mate it’s UK proxy forces.