Four US soldiers went missing for two days in Lithuania

The Lithuanian army states that he is looking for four US soldiers who were missing for two days during the exercise in the Baltic state against the background of the messages they died.

Four soldiers and their traveled vehicle were missing on Tuesday afternoon near the border from Belarus, the military said earlier. The US Army said the vehicle was found immersed in the water.

The Lithuanian army stated that “the rescue operation was intensively continued” and there was no evidence “, which confirms the death of troops.”

Earlier, NATO chief Mark Rutte said he had been reported to death, but added that he had no additional details.

Lithuanian and foreign troops, helicopters and state border guards were deployed to search for missing soldiers.

The soldiers trained near the sequel in Eastern Lithuania.

In his statement, which conducted the planned tactical training, during the incident conducted the planned tactical training of the army and Africa that the soldiers “conducted the planned tactical training”.

They added that the soldiers were part of the 1st Brigade, the 3rd Rifle Division.

The Lithuanian authorities reported on the disappearance of soldiers on Tuesday afternoon.

“A possible scene has now been discovered,” the Lithuanian military said in a statement earlier on Wednesday.

“People (work) around the clock. All remain in standby, ready to provide emergency medical support,” said Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sokolien on X.

Lithuania, NATO and EU member, conducts more than 1000 US troops located on a rotational basis.

“I would like to personally thank the Lithuanian armed forces and the first respondents who quickly came to the rescue in our search operations,” said Lieutenant General Charles Kostana, Komandir General.