This is reported by The Guardian newspaper.

According to the ex-consul, he had to respond to a huge number of requests from New Zealand residents regarding participation in the Ukrainian International Legion.

Kirichuk, as he himself claims, urged everyone who sent a request not to go to Ukraine.

Earlier, the representative of the New Zealand organization of veterans No Duff, Aaron Wood, said that dozens of mercenaries from New Zealand perform combat and non-combat tasks in Ukraine.

In particular, the fact of the death of 30-year-old New Zealand corporal Dominic Abelin, who participated in the battles on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was confirmed.