An American official would only say that the four soldiers were involved in a training accident. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, would not comment on the state of the soldiers.
Rutte said during a trip to Warsovia that he had received the news of the death of the four soldiers and that his thoughts were with their families and with the United States.
“This is still an early news, so we don’t know the details. This is really terrible news and our thoughts are with loved ones and beings,” Routte told journalists in Warsaw.
A statement by the US Army. UU. Europe and Public Affairs of Africa in Wiesbaden, Germany, said the soldiers were carrying out scheduled tactical training at that time.
The Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported that four American soldiers and vehicles were reported as disappeared on Tuesday afternoon during an exercise in the general training field of Silvestras Žukauskas in Pabradė, a city located less than 10 kilometers from the border with Belarusia.
The Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are NATO members have often had cold ties with Russia, a key bellruse ally, since he declared the independence of the Soviet Union in 1990.
Relationships were grouped even more about the large -scale invasion of Russia of Ukraine in 2022, and the Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has been one of the most open supporters of Ukraine in his fight against the forces of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
