Four soldiers were not exposed to identities, and early Tuesday morning they disappeared while they were in the process of recovering another military vehicle during unit training.
America and Lithuanian officials They are trying to drain Lithuania’s swamps in a continuous struggle Recover four US soldiers Missing three days ago. The soldiers’ armored vehicle was submerged in 15 feet, and so far the equipment could not be accessed or removed.
US Army in Europe Africa has reported that cranes have been shipped, drain the water with a large capacity pump and 30 tons of gravel, dig the mud and Get Hercules M88 from the swamp. They warn that this would be a long course of action.
In a statement, Army The area surrounding the place is “incredibly wet and marshland and he confirmed that the weight of the necessary equipment to recover 70 -With vehicle Without important engineering improvements. “The drain of the area is slow and hard due to the drainage of groundwater.”
Four playersWhose identities are not made public, They disappeared on Tuesday When they were in the recovery of another military vehicle during one unit training. Hercules found Wednesday The equipment is operating to get the vehicle.
Soldiers are part of the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division. Marina has been sent by a group of dwarfs US and Polish Armed Forces have provided volunteers to help engineers, additional equipment and 150 people.
“It would be a long recovery activity And hard, but we are sure to bring home our soldiers, “said Curtis Taylor, Commander of the 1st Armored Division. I was incredibly attracted by discipline, commitment and friendship in this category when trying to restore the missing guys. “
Reported missing Soldiers’ less than 10 kilometers during a training in Silvestras žukauskas in the public training field in Pabrad Border with Belarus.
Lithuania, Latvia and EstoniaMembers of NATO’s Baltic countries maintain a tense relationship with Russia and Belarus since they announced themselves Independents of the Soviet Union in 1990.
Relationships are even more when Russia started her A large -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022Lithuanian President Gypsy Na Ous Da is one of the Europeans who openly supported Ukraine in an attempt to chase away Russian forces.
