Sher Syangbo Sherpa, who arrived in Kathmandu on January 25 after spending 10 months in a prison in Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, cannot stay in the room now. As soon as they enter, they leave immediately. At any time, they go to the roof of the house and keep crawling.

He was afraid to stay inside the room. It is alarming. It is open towards the village. Even if he goes there, I sent him on Saturday that he might come back a little like before,' Mrs. Ngima said in a conversation with Kantipurkarmi, 'He seems to have gone into depression now.' After getting off the bus and walking for about a day, Ngima said that she would reach the village house only. There is an 85-year-old father and mother in the village. "He is on the hill," she said, "the climate of the village may make him fresh." Ngima understands that Furwa Sherpa, who came with Sher Sangbo, went into a deeper depression. It has been more difficult for Furwa than my husband. Phurwa has also been taken by his relatives to his village Laliguras-7 Tehrathum,' Ngima said . The main reason for going into depression was two months of harsh prison life.

last May 17 through Indian Education Consultancy Sher Sangbo and Furwa  reached Ukraine . The agent sent him a job with a salary of 700 dollars a month and that he could learn the language. 7/7 lakh rupees were spent for this . He was in a dilemma whether to go to Ukraine or not. He was worried about what would happen in a war-torn country. The consultancy from India kept calling many times . The agent does nothing, everything is going . There is war in only three or four states of Ukraine. Reminded that there is no war where you are going,'' Nyima said, 'Well, don't give us Ukraine .'

They reached the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, by road from Moldova, a country bordering Ukraine. They had a visa that was issued three months earlier. That deadline expired on May 23, the weekday of Kyiv. They should have reached Kyiv 45 days before to renew their visas. While walking out of the hostel, both of them were arrested by the army. "We showed the passport in the examination. The visa had expired. They caught us and put us in the detention center," Ngima got the news on the second day of the arrest. Then there was no contact for two months .

Initially, the Ukrainian police proceeded with the investigation saying that they might have come to Ukraine to spy. At that time, Ukraine had already received information that Nepali citizens had joined the Russian army and were fighting against it. Ukraine has detained 7 Nepalis who were recruited into the Russian army as prisoners of war.

Sher Sangbo and Furwa were kept in a dark room and the investigation proceeded . That room was very small. The Ukrainian police brought them out for questioning again and again,' Nyima said, quoting her husband, 'Those two months were harsh.'

To what extent were those two months harsh? What kind of research methods were adopted to detect espionage? Ngima does not have complete details like whether he was beaten or not. Sangbo and Furwa themselves have not said much about this. However, their mental health condition shows that the situation at that time was definitely not easy.  

Only after the court ruled that Sangbo and Furwa did not come to spy, the police sent them to the detention center (repatriation center). Sangbo informed Ngima about this and said on the phone, "Only the Nepalese government can evict us from Ukraine!" You have to tell the government.'

On July 8, Ngima went to the consular department and applied to be rescued from Ukraine. About their situation  On July 25, the Nepali Embassy in Berlin, Germany, which only deals with the Ukraine issue, got the information. The Embassy wrote to the Consular Department of Ukraine, Embassy of Moldova to send both of them to Nepal.

The issue of which country to return the two people to Nepal became complicated . Because, since February 24, 2022, all international airports of Ukraine have been closed for traffic except for military flights. On the other hand, since the third week of January 2023, the countries bordering Ukraine have decided not to issue entry permits (visas) to foreigners who want to enter their country, including Nepalis in Ukraine.

"Any Nepali who entered Ukraine illegally will not be issued an entry permit by the embassy in Ukraine or the immigration office at the border of the country concerned," said a statement issued by the Nepali Embassy on February 10, 2079, "There is no situation in which a travel permit can be issued from the Nepali Embassy and exit from there due to the current suspension of international flights in Ukraine." The only option was . They arrived in Ukraine from the airport of Moldova. So our first choice was Moldova . We put a condition that Moldova should give the transit visa," Deputy Head of the Embassy Sagar Phuyal told Kantipur, "Accordingly, we took the initiative with the relevant agencies." Also, the administration of the warring country was not normal. The embassy began identifying and deploying one rescue mechanism after another.

In August 2024, the embassy wrote to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) asking for facilitation. Ukraine's border guard forces were asked to . There were several phone conversations with the Consular Minister of the Department of General for Consular Services of Ukraine. Correspondence was sent to the Embassy of Moldova in Moscow, the capital of Russia.

Correspondence and phone conversation with the Embassy of Moldova in Berlin, Germany. Nothing happened from anywhere . The embassy directly sent a letter to the Ministry of Interior of Moldova asking for a transit visa . Meanwhile, the newly appointed ambassador Dr. After Shail reached Rupakheti, it became easy to further advance the rescue process .

Ukraine's border security forces liaise with Sri Lanka's unpaid consul for Ukraine, Kirill Kawanet, to facilitate the rescue . Kawanet was knowledgeable about Nepal. He had already visited Nepal for the 7th time. He continued his efforts to get a visa to Moldova from visiting him in prison. "You don't know when and where what will happen around Kiev". In such a situation, Kriril continued to make every effort to rescue him as quickly as possible," said Phuyal. This effort got meaningful on 23rd January .

With a transit visa issued by Moldova and an air ticket provided by the Non-Resident Nepali Association, Kriril reached the MCC detention center in Kyiv to release Sangwo and Furwa. Kriril himself took them to the international airport in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, which is about 575 km away from Kyiv. They flew from there at 1 o'clock local time and arrived at Tribhuvan Airport on Friday (January 25) via Delhi from Turkey Airport.