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Search for Missing US Soldiers in Lithuania Continues as Crews Work to Extract Vehicle (www.nytimes.com)
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Author: Andrew Higgins and Tomas Dapkus
Published on: 28/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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The U.S. Army vehicle disappeared in a waterlogged area on Tuesday. The soldiers have not been found, and efforts to reach the vehicle have been hampered by deep mud and water from a nearby lake. Lithuanian president visited swampland near his country’s border with Belarus. The Times makes a careful decision any time it uses an anonymous source. The information the source supplies must be newsworthy and give readers genuine insight. Poland, Lithuania’s neighbor and another member of NATO has also sent military engineers to help. U.S. Ambassador Kara McDonald praised Lithuania for its efforts to find the missing soldiers. The submerged M88 Hercules, essentially a giant armored tow truck, disappeared on Tuesday after being sent to extract another Army vehicle that had become disabled during training exercise. Andrew Higgins covers a region that stretches from Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Kosovo, Serbia and other parts of former Yugoslavia. Driving in Singapore: The city-state, where it costs up to $84,000 just for the right to own a car, is one of the most expensive places to drive. The ‘Most Dangerous Place’ on Earth: Pakistan’s former tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are plagued by escalating militancy.

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

Lithuania’s defense minister, Dovile Sakaliene, told local news media that the country’s fire and rescue service had worked overnight to pump out water from the swamp but had not uncovered the vehicle, which she said was buried at least five yards beneath the surface

Are they still in the vehicle? Sounds like no one's been able to reach the vehicle yet