Nepali youth, fighting for Russia, held prisoner by Ukrainian army

KATHMANDU: Bibek Khatri, a youth from Bardiya fighting on the Russian side, has been taken prisoner by the Ukrainian Armed Force near Avdiivka.

In a tweet post, Anton Gerashchenko, the advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, said Khatri signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence and served in one of the Russian Airborne Forces brigades.

In the video shared by Gerashchenko, Khatri can be heard saying: “My family is in trouble. My mother doesn’t work. We needed money, so I went for it.”

Bibek says in the video that he joined the Russian army at the suggestion of his friends. “It’s more than money. I wanted to return to my mom as a successful man. So, I joined,” he can be heard saying in the video.

Bibek Khatri from Nepal, fighting on the Russian side, was taken prisoner by Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdiivka.

He signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense and served in one of the Russian Airborne Forces brigades.

Khatri openly admitted that he went to war to… pic.twitter.com/GlMmV5Hm94

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 19, 2023