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Nepal Asks Russia to Stop Recruiting Its Citizens, Reveals Six Killed

One Nepali soldier captured by Ukraine, 150-200 estimated to be serving as mercenaries in Russian army.

  • Nepal has requested Russia to stop recruiting its citizens into the Russian army and to send back any Nepali soldier commissioned there.
  • Six Nepali soldiers serving in the Russian army have been killed, and one has been captured by Ukraine.
  • Nepal's ambassador in Moscow estimates that 150-200 Nepalis are working as mercenaries in the Russian army.
  • Nepal has no agreement with Russia for its citizens to serve in the Russian army, unlike its agreements with the British and Indian armies.
  • Nepal has asked Russia to return the bodies of the killed soldiers and compensate their families.
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