A haka was performed by Ukrainian soldiers to honour Dominic Abelen, a New Zealand soldier of Māori descent killed in 2022, whose body was recently returned to Ukraine, where he was awarded two ...

Corporal Dominic Abelen, who was killed while fighting in eastern Ukraine, is being glorified as a national hero in order to build support for greater NZ involvement in the US-NATO imperialist war ...

New Zealand solider Dominic Abelen took pay without leave to help defend Ukraine. A fellow soldier described him as 'hardcore' and 'handsome' in a tribute but said he was 'anything but scenery'.

Before his death Kiwi soldier Dominic Abelen revealed his sole purpose in travelling to Ukraine was to bring freedom to the war-torn country, and wanted a ...

Two-and-a-half years after he was killed on the frontline of the Ukraine war, Kiwi soldier Dominic Bryce Abelen will be laid to rest near Christchurch on Friday. Abelen’s family released a ...

Wanting to help, Corporal Dominic Abelen travelled to Ukraine while on leave without telling his family. Find out more about his brave but tragic quest.

On March 11, in Kyiv, they said goodbye to Dominic Abelen, with the call sign Tolkien, from the International Legion of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This was ...

Ukrainian soldiers performed a haka to honour a New Zealand soldier who was killed in combat near Vuhledar, Donetsk region in August 2022. The coffin of Dominic Abelen, who was of Māori descent ...

The farewell ceremony for Dominic Abelen, a soldier from New Zealand who fought for the International Legion under Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR), took place in Kyiv on Tuesday, accompanied by a ...

Dominic was born in the New Zealand city of Nelson, and has five brothers and sisters. He was a caring uncle to his nephews, and to Ukrainian warriors, he became a loyal brother-in-arms. Abelen had ...

A haka was performed by Ukrainian soldiers to honour Dominic Abelen, a New Zealand soldier of Māori descent killed in 2022, whose body was recently returned to Ukraine, where he was awarded two ...