NATO general secretary Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that four US Army soldiers, who went missing during training in Lithuania, died.
Rute said that he received the word of the death of four soldiers while traveling to Warsaw and his views were with his families and the United States.
Roott told reporters at Warsaw, “This is still the initial news, so we don’t know the details. It’s really terrible news and our thoughts are with family and loved ones.”
Some details around the incident were provided immediately by the US authorities. An American official would only say that four soldiers were involved in a training accident, the Associated Press said. Officers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, would not comment on the situation of the soldiers.
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The German Army’s Eurocopter Tiger participates in the Lithuanian-German military exercises on May 29, 2024, which is in a training range north of the capital Villanius, Lithuania, on May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindgas Kululbis, File)
The troops were conducting strategic training prescribed near Pubrad, a city north of the capital Villanius, when they went missing, the US Army in Visbaden, Germany said in a statement by the public affairs of Europe and Africa.
It was not clear that soldiers, all 1 brigade, 3 in these Infantry Division, went missing.
The US Army said that more updates about the discovery of missing soldiers are available.
According to Lithuania’s armed forces, four American soldiers and a tracked vehicles were missing, stating in a statement received by Reuters that they were informed of the missing soldiers on Tuesday.
“A potential location of the incident has been identified and a discovery and rescue operation is going on,” the statement said.
The training ground in Pabrad is located less than 6 miles from the border with Belarus.
“I personally would like to thank the Lithuanian armed forces and the first respondents, who quickly came to help us in our search operations,” said in a written statement by Lt Gen Charles Costanza, V Core Commanding General,. “This is such a teamwork and support that reflects the importance of our partnership and the importance of our humanity, even if we wear flags on our shoulders.”
The bureau of Indian affairs investigate the murder of the missing and murder unit of murder.
Lithuania, a member of NATO, often had a stressful ties with Russia, a major ally of Belarus, announcing independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. Latvia and Estonia, other Baltic countries, separated from the Soviet Union had equally cold relations with Russia.
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In 2022, Russia’s Ukraine had relations and relations over Russia’s full -scale invasion, and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausada has been one of the most vocal supporters of Ukraine in his fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
