According to leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Agency, American soldiers reportedly disappeared in Lithuania are dead.
The four soldiers were trained near the Belarusian border, but few other details were released by authorities. American officials I said The Associated Press reported that soldiers were involved in the training accident.
“The soldiers were carrying out the tactical training scheduled at the time of the incident.”
“This is still early news, so we don't know the details. It's really terrible news and our thoughts are with our family and our loved ones,” said NATO executive director Mark Latte on Wednesday in Warsaw, Poland.
According to a Lithuanian broadcaster, the soldiers were reported missing on Tuesday from the training ground at Silveslas Kauskas, Pablod, less than six miles from the border.
“Soldiers from the 1st Brigade 1 were conducting tactical training scheduled at the time of the incident,” he read a statement from the US Army Europe and Africa after they went missing.
All solder was based in Fort Stewart, Georgia. According to To the Army.
Lithuania is a member of NATO and defends Ukraine after an invasion from Russia, but Belarus is allied with Russia. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia declared their independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. Hundreds of US troops are stationed in Lithuania and are stationed on a revolving basis.
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