Kathmandu, March 15: Seven Nepali youths who illegally joined the Russian Army reported to have died in the Russia-Ukraine war. The Foreign Ministry has confirmed it.
Those dead youths are Purnabahadur Gurung of Dhading, Nabin Shahi of Jajarkot, Padam Ghimire of Udayapur, Gangaram Adhikari of Jhapa, Jeetbahadur BK of Baglung, Sanjaya KC of Banke and Sundar Moktan of Rasua.
Earlier, according to the government report, 12 persons were declared dead.
The Nepali youths are compelled to go abroad for dirty and risky jobs as the government has no plan to provide employment opportunities for them in the country.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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