4 US military troopers have gone lacking at a coaching space exterior of Lithuania’s capital, and a search is underneath approach, the US navy mentioned on Wednesday.
A press release from the US military’s Europe and Africa public affairs workplace in Wiesbaden, Germany, mentioned the troopers have been conducting scheduled tactical coaching on the time.
“A doable scene has now been recognized, and a search and rescue operation is underway,” the Lithuanian navy mentioned in an announcement.
It mentioned additional data could be offered as new data turns into obtainable.
The Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported that 4 US troopers and a car have been reported lacking on Tuesday afternoon throughout an train on the Normal Silvestras Žukauskas coaching floor in Pabradė, a city situated lower than 10km (6 miles) from the border with Belarus.
The Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are all Nato members and have typically had chilly ties with Russia, a key ally of Belarus, since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.
Relations soured additional over Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the Lithuanian president, Gitanas Nausėda, has been probably the most outspoken supporters of Ukraine in its struggle towards the Russian president, Vladimir Putin’s, forces.
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