Rescue groups drained water from the swamp when a Hercules M88 armor was tried to recover, and four soldiers were reportedly traveling.
Rescue work on Thursday Missing four American soldiers Near the Belarusian border in Lithuania, after finding his vehicle drowned in the water one day ago. Armored vehicle Hercules M 88 Lituvenian Defense Minister Touville Sagaleen said it is located at a depth of more than five meters.
He said that “All scenes are considered possible constantly“In relation to the fate of the soldiers, they could not confirm if they continued to be in the vehicle. They disappeared during a training on Tuesday afternoon In the field of training in General Silvestras Jugaskas, a city in the field of Pabrate, a city that is less than 10 kilometers from Belarus’s border.
According to Sagalin, rescue operations continued all night, water motivation and strengthening of land are in progress Without damaging the nearby gas pipeline. Lithuania officials describe the search and rescue operation, with the participation of “hundreds of people”, including Lithuanian and American troops, various government agencies and private companies.
The US Ambassador says “a role model is a friendship.”
Lithuania’s US Ambassador Kara McDonald said “We will not rest until we find our soldiers“They thanked the government and the Lithuanian authorities for helping to rescue.”Lithuania is an exemplary partnerWe are very grateful for their help, ”he said.
NATO members are often maintained by Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Tense relations with Russia and Belarus In 1990, since they declared themselves independently from the Soviet Union. Relationships are even worse Russia started a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022And Lithuanian President Gypsy Na Aus One of the Europeans who most apparently supported Ukraine In his attempt to chase away Russian forces.