‘It's a large step forward. in a five-day search and rescue operation", the commander of the Lithuanian army assessed, General Raimundas Vaiksznoras. However, he added that the usage of “one line is not enough”.
‘Two are needed, but the first line means we're no longer standing still.“ Vaiksznoras wrote on Facebook.
The search for soldiers in Lithuania. Multi-hour diver action
It took the divers around five hours working in the dark.
According to fresh estimates the vehicle is about 4 metres below the water surface And under about a six-foot layer of mud.
– It will take at least as much time as the first rope, and possibly even more," said the head of the Defence Staff Remigijus Baltrenas.
Missing American soldiers. Search continues
Four U.S. soldiers went missing on Tuesday during training at a training ground in Podbrod, about 15-20 km from the Lithuanian 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 action.
Deputy Prime Minister, Head of MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish On Thursday, he reported that a task force composed of respective twelve soldiers with dense equipment and divers, as an urgent departure from Poland to Lithuania, To aid find the American soldiers missing there and to extract their combat car.
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The work is carried out in a swampy area. About 1,000 U.S. soldiers are stationed at the Podbroda (lit.Pabrade), forming 2 battalions. They have been present there since 2019 on rotation rules, mainly as part of armored brigades.
Lithuania. President: I number on a miracle
On Friday, he appeared on the field. President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda. – Although many skeptics would most likely say that under the circumstances there is nothing to number on, I want to believe – he said, adding that "counts on a miracle".
In Vilnius Cathedral on Sunday was celebrated Mass for missing soldiers and their loved ones, as well as soldiers and rescuers. Liturgy was presided over by Vilnius metropolitan Archbishop Gintaras Grusus.
In the first media reports, without authoritative confirmation, soldiers were reported dead. Information on death were demented, among others, by NATO and the Lithuanian Minister of Defence.
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