Four American soldiers Missed on Tuesday afternoon during exercise on Lithuanian polygons In Subturb, close to the border with Belarus. Lithuanian and abroad military, as well as helicopters of the Air Force and the State Border defender of Lithuania, were directed to search and rescue operations.
Earlier, the U.S. military reported that the missing soldiers belonged to the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division. They were conducting tactical training, most likely traveling in M88 caterpillar transporter.
The U.S. Army reported Wednesday that Hercules' armored vehicle was found immersed in a water tank. The U.S. Army, Lithuanian armed forces and civilian agencies have been assured to carry out rescue operations.
Four American soldiers went missing in Lithuania. Poland sends support
On Thursday, the head of the Polish MON informed about sending Polish soldiers to Lithuania to assist in the search.
"A task force of respective twelve soldiers with dense equipment and divers urgent They are going to Lithuania to aid find American soldiers and to extract a combat car," he said. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish in the entry on the X platform.
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"We respond at the request of our allies," he added.
Head of the General Staff of the HR General Wiesław Kukuła He added on platform X: “We have offered to support our allies in an highly hard search and rescue operation. The soldiers of this unit are well known to us. Many times they have been practicing side by side with us besides defending our state."
Exercise accident. fresh information on American soldiers
On Wednesday, Lithuanian news portals – without mention to authoritative sources – reported that Lost soldiers are dead. And that their caterpillar vehicle immersed in water was found in the swamps.
He referred to the case on Wednesday during a gathering with journalists in Warsaw Mark Rutte. As he said, he received information about "four American soldiers who died as a consequence of an incidental in Lithuania".
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– We don't know the details yet, but that's terrible information," he said. Secretary-General of NATO, at the same time expressing my condolences to close soldiers. He added that he besides sent appropriate news to U.S. Secretary of defence Pete Hegseth.
Minister for Defence of Lithuania Dovile Shakaliene announced on Thursday that so far four soldiers were never found.and their death – contrary to the media reports of Wednesday – not confirmed.
