NATO clarifies comments that four missing US soldiers had died during training in Lithuania
NATO announced on Wednesday that Secretary General Mark Latte had made the decision earlier that day. He proposed that four US soldiers who went missing during training in Lithuania were killed.
“The search is ongoing,” NATO said in a statement posted to X.
The U.S. Army said the Hercules armored vehicle, which had four US troops during training, was found to be immersed in the waters.
The US military stands behind a truck on the road towards the training range of the Publade, north of Lithuania's capital, Bilinias, on March 27, 2025. AP
It said recovery efforts are underway by the US Army, Lithuanian military and civilian agencies.
Soldiers from the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division were tactical training when they went missing.
Asked Wednesday evening if a reporter had explained the missing soldier, President Donald Trump said, “No, I haven't.”
During his trip to Warsaw, Latte told reporters that he received the deaths of four soldiers while giving lectures, and that his thoughts were with their families and the United States.
“This is still early news, so we don't know the details. This is really terrible news and our thoughts are with our family and our loved ones,” Latte said in Warsaw.
Soldiers will walk along a road near the training range of Pavlade, north of Lithuania's capital, Bilinias, on March 27, 2025. AP
Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported that four US troops and their vehicles were missing Tuesday afternoon during training at General Sylveslas Kauskas' training site in Pablod, a town less than six miles from the border with Belarus.
The Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are all members of NATO and have often had chilly ties with Belarus' important ally Russia since it declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.
More sour about Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausda was one of Ukraine's most outspoken supporters in the fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin's army.
NATO clarifies comments that four missing US soldiers had died during training in Lithuania
NATO announced on Wednesday that Secretary General Mark Latte had made the decision earlier that day. He proposed that four US soldiers who went missing during training in Lithuania were killed.
“The search is ongoing,” NATO said in a statement posted to X.
The U.S. Army said the Hercules armored vehicle, which had four US troops during training, was found to be immersed in the waters.
It said recovery efforts are underway by the US Army, Lithuanian military and civilian agencies.
Soldiers from the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division were tactical training when they went missing.
Asked Wednesday evening if a reporter had explained the missing soldier, President Donald Trump said, “No, I haven't.”
During his trip to Warsaw, Latte told reporters that he received the deaths of four soldiers while giving lectures, and that his thoughts were with their families and the United States.
“This is still early news, so we don't know the details. This is really terrible news and our thoughts are with our family and our loved ones,” Latte said in Warsaw.
Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported that four US troops and their vehicles were missing Tuesday afternoon during training at General Sylveslas Kauskas' training site in Pablod, a town less than six miles from the border with Belarus.
The Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are all members of NATO and have often had chilly ties with Belarus' important ally Russia since it declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.
More sour about Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausda was one of Ukraine's most outspoken supporters in the fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin's army.
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