As reported, the 3 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania during training, They're dead. There's a 4th search underway.
– 3 of the 4 U.S. Army soldiers whose vehicle sank in Lithuania were found dead at the scene. Searching for the 4th is underway – reported on Monday Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda.
The president added that "search and rescue operations will proceed until the 4th soldier is found". He besides addressed Donald Trump and offered his condolences.
"Please accept my most sincere condolences, as well as condolences from the Lithuanian people, to you, close to those who have lost their lives, and to all citizens of the United States. At this hard time, our thoughts and prayers are with you," he said.
Lithuania. Missing American soldiers
Monday morning, news came out that they had been recovered from the swamp. armored carThe soldiers were traveling.
– At 4:30 a.m., the vehicle's extraction operation was completed. utilized two M88 armoured transporters and 2 bulldozers to anchor – she gave the defence minister of Lithuania Dovile Shakaliene in an interview with the public radio LRT.
SEE: Night action in Lithuania. U.S. Army vehicle extracted
She added that M88 Hercules, which the soldiers moved weighs almost 70 tons, and the swamp in which it sank increased its weight respective times. The minister didn't want to immediately uncover what happened to the soldiers. All she said was that the service was inactive working on the site, and it was the authorities that “the US will be the first to disclose information about missing American soldiers.”
American soldiers They went missing on Tuesday. in the afternoon during exercises at the Lithuanian camp in Podbrod. They were traveling with a caterpillar transporter that stuck in a water and mud tank. Lithuanian services, as shortly as they pulled out the M88, reported that it was located about 4 meters after the surface of the water and under about a two-metre layer of mud.
Polish soldiers with assistance in Lithuania
They besides helped Lithuania Polish soldiers. As told by Major Magdalena Kościńska, about 50 soldiers left with specialist equipment.
SEE: American soldiers are missing in Lithuania. Poland will help
– Our soldiers are well prepared for specified a situation. Remember that within 24 hours they were in Lithuania to help," she said.
However, Major Kościńska could not tell what Polish soldiers did. She stressed that all information on this substance was provided American page.
