# Putin expresses condolences to Nepal’s leadership over flooding aftermath

https://mins.news/en/item/34245

- TASS, 2026-08-27 10:46 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2178377

> Russian President Vladimir Putin offered condolences to Nepal’s president and prime minister over the deaths and destruction caused by flooding in the country’s northeast. The disaster was preliminarily attributed to a snow and rock avalanche near the Nepal-China border; search teams have recovered 270 bodies, while hundreds remain missing.

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