Kathmandu, March 30 -- "I am writing this letter from a war zone between Vesele and Rozdolivika (Russia-Ukraine) where 31 Nepali nationals are serving and living inside a bunker and damaged houses. Two have minor injuries," a Nepali national, Tirtha Thapa (name changed), who has joined the Russian Army to fight against Ukraine, writes in a letter to Kritu Bhandari. Bhandari is leading a campaign on behalf of the families of the Nepali nationals serving in the Russian army.

"We came here due to extreme poverty in Nepal, with the support of middlemen. We joined the war to get rich quickly," Thapa said in his letter. We harbour no resentment against Russia or Ukraine."

The Nepalis recruited to fight for the Russians wrote that they faced a...