A friendly fire shoot-out erupted on the night an International Legion unit’s "luck ran out" and a Kiwi soldier was killed fighting in Ukraine. Dominic Abelen, from the Royal NZ Infantry Regiment's 2/1 Battalion, was killed in Ukraine. Photo: FacebookThe team shot back. During "frenzied close-quarters" fighting with the enemy that night, using rifles and grenades, the team killed at least a dozen Russian soldiers. Abelen was shot in the head while attempting to withdraw from the trench and was killed instantly.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 04, 2023 13:00 UTC