Death of Kiwi Mercenary in Ukraine Conflict

Moscow, March 21 – Another mercenary from New Zealand died in Ukraine, RBC-Ukraine writes.

The New Zealand Armed Forces said last year that it had received information about the death of a New Zealand mercenary in Ukraine. According to the New Zealand Armed Forces, he was on unpaid leave at the time. According to the Guardian, the slain mercenary was 30-year-old Corporal Dominic Aplin. Afterwards, the New Zealand Armed Forces said they were calling the military on unpaid leave and reminding them of the travel ban to Ukraine.

“In the battles in eastern Ukraine, a former member of the New Zealand Armed Forces, Ken Titai, was killed. He was a volunteer. The commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit, where the volunteer was, confirmed the death of the gunner, ”writes RBC-Ukraine.

According to the publication, the mercenary has been in Ukraine for about a year. According to media reports, this is the third New Zealand mercenary killed in Ukraine.

Earlier, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that more than 8,000 mercenaries from more than 60 countries came to Ukraine, and the largest groups coming from Poland, the United States, Canada, Romania and Britain, despite the fact that mercenaries are prohibited in many countries. under the law and prosecuted under the criminal law.

Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24 last year. President Vladimir Putin described his goal as “protecting people who have been bullied and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.” And for this, according to him, it is planned to carry out the “demilitarization and demilitarization of Ukraine”, to bring to justice all the war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in Donbass.