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Ex-New Zealand Soldier Dies In Ukraine While Volunteering Amid Russia-Ukraine War
A former New Zealand soldier who co-founded a charity to help struggling veterans has been killed in Ukraine, authorities said Thursday.
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Associated Press Television News
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A former New Zealand soldier who co-founded a charity to help struggling veterans has been killed in Ukraine, authorities said Thursday.
Ukrainian authorities confirmed the death of Kane Te Tai and the New Zealand embassy in Poland was trying to find out more details, New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement.
Te Tai in 2017 helped register the No Duff Charitable Trust to support veterans in crisis. The trust said in a statement that it was with “immense sadness” it was sharing the news that Te Tai — who went by the code name Turtle in Ukraine — had been killed in action.
“Without him, No Duff wouldn’t exist,” the trust said. “Kane had a huge heart and loved helping people. His loss leaves a huge hole in many lives from here to Eastern Europe.”
The trust said it was in close contact with Te Tai’s family to ensure his body was returned to New Zealand.
The New Yorker magazine interviewed Te Tai late last year near the frontline village of Pavlivka, where he was leading a team of foreign volunteer fighters against the Russian invasion. He told the magazine that before coming to Ukraine, he’d ended a relationship, quit his job, and sold his house and car.
A former New Zealand soldier who co-founded a charity to help struggling veterans has been killed in Ukraine, authorities said Thursday.
Written By
Associated Press Television News
Image: AP
A former New Zealand soldier who co-founded a charity to help struggling veterans has been killed in Ukraine, authorities said Thursday.
Ukrainian authorities confirmed the death of Kane Te Tai and the New Zealand embassy in Poland was trying to find out more details, New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement.
Te Tai in 2017 helped register the No Duff Charitable Trust to support veterans in crisis. The trust said in a statement that it was with “immense sadness” it was sharing the news that Te Tai — who went by the code name Turtle in Ukraine — had been killed in action.
“Without him, No Duff wouldn’t exist,” the trust said. “Kane had a huge heart and loved helping people. His loss leaves a huge hole in many lives from here to Eastern Europe.”
The trust said it was in close contact with Te Tai’s family to ensure his body was returned to New Zealand.
The New Yorker magazine interviewed Te Tai late last year near the frontline village of Pavlivka, where he was leading a team of foreign volunteer fighters against the Russian invasion. He told the magazine that before coming to Ukraine, he’d ended a relationship, quit his job, and sold his house and car.
