The four soldiers, whose identities were not revealed, disappeared on Tuesday soon when they were on a mission to recover another vehicle of the army during the unit training.
US and Lithuanian authorities They strive to drain a swampy area of Lithuania in a continuous struggle for Recover four soldiers of the American army Since there is three days ago. The armored vehicle of soldiers has been discovered immersed in 15 feet of water and so far the equipment has not been able to access it inside or remove it.
The American army in Europe And Africa reported that the cranes have been sent, a large capacity pump and more than 30 tons of gravel to help drain the water, dig the mud e Get the Hercules M88 from the swamp. They warn that it will be a long operation.
In a declaration, The army He said that the area surrounding the place is “incredibly wet and swampy and does not support the weight of the equipment necessary for the recovery of the 70 -ton vehicle without important engineering improvements. “The drainage of the area was slow and difficult due to the filtration of groundwater.”
The four soldierswhose identities have not been made public, They disappeared on Tuesday When they were on the recovery mission of another army vehicle during unitary training. Hercules was found on Wednesday And since then the equipment has worked to get the vehicle.
The soldiers are part of the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division. A team from Nani Marina was sent The American and Polish Armed Forces offered volunteers to send engineers, additional equipment and 150 people also to help.
“It will be a long recovery operation It is difficult, but we are absolutely determined to bring home to our soldiers, “said the general of the Curtis Taylor division, commander of the first armored division”. I was incredibly affected by the discipline, commitment and camaraderie in this unit while I was trying to recover their missing companions. “
The disappearance has been reported of soldiers during an exercise in the general training field Silvestres Žukauskas in Pabradė, a city less than 10 kilometers from border with Belarusia.
Lithuania, Latvia and EstoniaThe members of the Baltic countries of NATO have often maintained relationships with Russia and Belarus since they declared themselves Independent of the Soviet Union in 1990.
Relationships are even more when Russia launched it Ukraine large scale invasion in 2022And the Lithuanian president, Gypsy Nousėda, was one of the Europeans who openly supported Ukraine in his effort to reject Russian forces.
