VILNIUS: A automobile utilized by 4 US Military troopers that went lacking on Tuesday afternoon in Lithuania has been discovered submerged in water, and the seek for the lacking troopers is constant, the US Military mentioned on Wednesday (Mar 26).
“The M88 Hercules armored restoration automobile the 4 lacking U.S. Troopers had been working throughout a coaching train has been situated in Lithuania,” it mentioned in an announcement.
Whereas on a go to to Warsaw, NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte mentioned earlier on Wednesday that the troopers had died however that he didn’t know any particulars.
Lithuania’s army later wrote on social media X that it was persevering with an “intensive” rescue operation and had no data confirming the deaths.
The troopers had been coaching close to Pabrade in jap Lithuania close to the border with Belarus, the US Military mentioned.
“The troopers, all from 1st Brigade, third Infantry Division, had been conducting scheduled tactical coaching on the time of the incident,” the military mentioned in an earlier assertion.
