{"id":458,"date":"2025-03-27T10:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/?p=458"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:18:42","slug":"nato-clarifies-statement-on-missing-soldiers-the-search-is-ongoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/nato-clarifies-statement-on-missing-soldiers-the-search-is-ongoing\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO clarifies statement on missing soldiers: \u2018The search is ongoing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NATO seemingly walked back comments from its chief that suggested<\/a> four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died, clarifying late Wednesday that the \u201csearch is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the 4 US soldiers missing in a military exercise in Lithuania, the search is ongoing,\u201d NATO said in a post on social platform X.<\/a> \u201cWe regret any confusion about remarks @SecGenNATO delivered on this today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Secretary -General Mark Rutte signaled earlier Wednesday that the soldiers were dead. While speaking with reporters during a trip to Warsaw, Rutte said he received word that they had been killed, but it was \u201cstill early so we do not know the details.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really terrible news and our thoughts are with the families and loved ones,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n

A NATO spokesperson said Rutte was referring to \u201cemerging news reports\u201d and not confirming the fate of the four soldiers, \u201cwhich is still unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Army Europe and Africa said the missing troops were part of the Army\u2019s 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and were training close to the Lithuanian city Pabrad\u0117, less than 6 miles west of the border with Belarus.<\/p>\n

The Army said the armored vehicle carrying the four soldiers during a training exercise had been found<\/a> submerged in a body of water. Recovery efforts are underway.<\/p>\n

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia \u2014 all members of NATO \u2014 have poor ties with Russia, who is an ally of Belarus. Relations have worsened in the three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

President Trump was asked Wednesday<\/a> if he had been briefed about the missing U.S. citizens, and he said \u201cno, I haven\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NATO seemingly walked back comments from its chief that suggested four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died, clarifying late Wednesday that the \u201csearch is ongoing.\u201d \u201cOn the 4 US soldiers missing in a military exercise in Lithuania, the search is ongoing,\u201d NATO said in a post on social platform X. \u201cWe regret any confusion about remarks @SecGenNATO delivered on this today.\u201d Secretary -General Mark Rutte…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}