NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that the four U.S. soldiers who went missing during training in Lithuania have been confirmed dead, but he indicated that specific details are currently unclear. This news is deeply saddening, and a related investigation is underway to ascertain the facts surrounding the incident.
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03-30, 2025An unnamed U.S. official stated only that the four soldiers were involved in a training accident but declined to comment on the specific circumstances of the soldiers. The U.S. military is working diligently to determine the cause of the accident and provide support to the families of the deceased.
Rutte, during a visit to Warsaw, said he had received news of the four soldiers' deaths and expressed his condolences to their families and the United States. "This is still preliminary news, so we don't know the details yet. This is indeed terrible news, and our thoughts are with their families and loved ones," Rutte told reporters in Warsaw, emphasizing the gravity of the situation.
U.S. Army Europe and Africa Public Affairs, in a statement issued in Wiesbaden, Germany, stated that the soldiers were conducting scheduled tactical training at the time of the incident. Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported that on Tuesday afternoon, four U.S. soldiers and a vehicle went missing during an exercise at the General Silvestras Žukauskas training area in Pabradė, a town less than 10 kilometers from the Belarusian border, raising concerns about the proximity to a potentially volatile region.
The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are all NATO members and have maintained relatively cool relations with Russia (Belarus's main ally) since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. Relations have further deteriorated since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has been one of the most outspoken supporters of Ukraine's fight against the forces of Russian President Vladimir Putin, highlighting the geopolitical tensions in the region.
