Four US soldiers ‘found dead’ after vanishing during Nato war drill in Lithuania near the border with Putin ally Belarus

FOUR U.S. soldiers are feared to have been found dead after they went missing during a NATO drill in Lithuania.

The four Americans disappeared near the border with Russia ally Belarus in their vehicle on Tuesday – causing Lithuanian and foreign forces to scramble a search team.

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Local media in the Baltic country reported that the four U.S. soldiers had been found dead.

But authorities are yet to confirm that the missing group have died.

Reports also said that a possible location of the incident has been identified, and a search and rescue operation is underway, according to Lithuanian military spokesperson Major Gintautas Ciunis.

The U.S. embassy confirmed in a social media statement on Wednesday that the four had gone missing in a training area near Pabrade in eastern Lithuania.

They did not confirm when they went missing.

The embassy

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