Kathmandu, August 8
The bodily remains of five Nepalis involved in the Russian military and killed in the Russia-Ukraine war have been handed over to the concerned families. The dead Nepalis were however cremated in Russia itself. The families of those killed in the Russian war had permitted the cremation.
Devan Rai, Hari Prasad Aryal, Pritam Karki, Anit Kumar Saha and Ganesh Shrestha, according to the Foreign Ministry. The Ministry informed that a total of 118 families who had their loved one missing following Russian army recruitment had applied for the search and return. Similarly, relatives of 166 Nepalis injured in the war have requested to facilitate their return. The Ministry data puts it that 36 Nepali youths have died so far in the Russian war.
Similarly, five Nepalis injured in the war have been receiving treatment, while one of the injured returned home. The number of youths who returned home so far stands at 162, while several applications for DNA tests is 22, and the number of letters seeking documents from Moscow for compensation is six, according to the Ministry.
Certified information of death is awaited in the case of the victims- Bikash Rai from Morang, Netra Bahadur Thapa from Kaski, Uday Raj Tharu from Rupandehi, Pritam Rai from Bhojpur, Lalit Singh Doval from Darchula, Hem Kumar Magar from Kailali, Tara Prakash Gharti from Salyan, Ramkumar Budhamagar from Rukum. Those taken hostage by the Ukrainian army are Bibek Khatri (Bardiya), Siddhartha Dhakal (Kavre), Bikas Rai (Morang), Pratik Pun (Rolpa), Sujan Subedi (Chitwan), and Ishwor Lamichhane (Makwanpur).
