Rescuers dig for missing U.S. soldiers' vehicle in Lithuania


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  • Thursday, 27 Mar 2025

Digger and soldiers at scene of rescue operation at Pabrade training ground, March 26, 2025. LITHUANIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY/Handout via REUTERS

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Rescuers in Lithuania were digging on Thursday into a peat bog in a military training area to recover the vehicle of four U.S. soldiers missing for two days.

The soldiers in the M88 Hercules armoured recovery vehicle were on an exercise at the Pabrade training ground near the Belarus border where U.S. units have been rotating since 2019.

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