Oscar Jenkins: Government seeking positive outcome for Australian held by Russia [Video]

Australia is striving to ‘secure a positive outcome’ to recover a Melbourne man captured by Russian forces on Ukraine’s frontline, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday.

“We have called in the Russian Ambassador to Canberra to make appropriate representations. Our Australian Embassy in Moscow is also making representations to secure a positive outcome,” Anthony Albanese told reporters during a visit to Darwin.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has demanded answers from Moscow about the whereabouts and condition of Oscar Jenkins, 32, who was seen being beaten and interrogated by his Russian captors in an alarming video circulated on social media at the weekend.

On Tuesday, the ABC reported that DFAT first learned about concerns for the welfare of the former biology teacher in November, with people close to Mr Jenkins unable to pinpoint his location for months.

Asked in Darwin when the government became aware that he was missing, the Prime Minister …