Four US military was killed in Lithuania near the border with Belarus – the media

Lithuanian media, citing sources, report the death of four US military at a landfill near the border with Belarus.

Source: “European Truth” With reference to 15min.lt and LRT

Details: Earlier it became known about the disappearance of March 25 three foreign military During military exercises in Lithuania at a landfill in Pabrad, not far from the border with Belarus.

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Subsequently, the disappearance was officially confirmed four US military together with a tracked vehicle.

After the day of the large-scale search and rescue operation, two unrelated sources confirmed 15min that the soldiers were killed.

According to sources, soldiers were likely to be killed after entering the reservoir. However, a spokesman for the US Armed Forces in Europe and Africa informed that the bodies of soldiers were not found.

LRT sources also claim that soldiers are likely to die. It is believed that they moved on the M88 caterpillar armored vehicle.

Lithuanian and foreign military, as well as the helicopters of the Air Force and the State Border Service, were involved in the search from Tuesday.

The US Armed Forces specified that the missing persons were the 3rd infantry division of the 1st Brigade.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Pileutskas has stated that he would not comment on the incident. « I will not be commenting on this information yet, the investigation is underway, but this information will be generalized and reported to the public when it becomes accurate, » the Prime Minister said to journalists in Vilnius.

The Chairman of the Lithuanian and Defense of the Lithuanian Committee on National Security and Defense, Geddrims Eglinskas, stated 15min that there is no information about the « most tragic possible scenario » yet.