24 Aug 2022

NZDF death in Ukraine

From Lately, 10:20 pm on 24 August 2022

A New Zealand solider has been killed in Ukraine.

The New Zealand Defence Force says the solider was on leave without pay and not on active duty ..

They are still trying to understand the circumstances surrounding the death.

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New Zealand Army soldiers inside an Australian Army vehicle during the mission rehearsal exercise for Task Group Taji 3 at RAAF Edinburgh, with about 300 Australian soldiers, sailors and airmen prepared for deployment to Iraq in exercise at RAAF Edinburgh in Adelaide, South Australia.

Photo: NZDF / Supplied