Search continues for missing US soldier in Lithuania as bodies of three others recovered
The chief of the defence staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces says drones are being used to survey the waterlogged ground where the vehicle became submerged.
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The chief of the defence staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces says drones are being used to survey the waterlogged ground where the vehicle became submerged.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/01/search-continues-for-missing-us-soldier-in-lithuania-as-bodies-of-three-others-recovered
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00:00One of the missing U.S. Army soldiers in Lithuania has still not been found after the three others
00:07were recovered dead in their armored vehicle that was pulled from a swamp on Monday, according
00:13to U.S. Army officials.
00:15One Lithuanian Army official says the Navy dive team is still searching for the missing
00:20soldier.
00:21The search and rescue mission will continue until the missing soldier is found, Lithuania's
00:42President Džitanas Nauseda said on Monday that the search and rescue mission will continue
00:48until he is found.
00:50The bodies of the three soldiers were recovered after U.S., Polish and Lithuanian armed forces
00:56took six days to dig out the armored vehicle of a bog in the eastern town of Pabrade, close
01:02to the Belarus border.
01:04The recovery team faced the challenge of pulling out the 63-ton vehicle in unstable ground
01:10conditions.
01:12According to the Army, the soldiers were on a tactical training exercise when they and
01:17their vehicle were reported missing.
01:19The U.S. Army and Lithuanian authorities are investigating what caused the incident.