Three foreign soldiers went missing on Tuesday evening after an exercise at the Pabradė training ground. soldiers and a car.
As indicated by the Police Department, Vilnius officers were notified at around 19.20:XNUMX p.m. that three soldiers and a car had disappeared after an exercise at the Pabradė training ground in the Švenčionys district.
Police clarify the circumstances of the incident.
Lithuanian army Spokesperson Major Gintautas Ciunis told BNS that the missing are foreigners, and did not comment further on the situation: "I can only say that they are foreign soldiers."
Giedrimas Jeglinskas, a Democrat and chairman of the Seimas National Security and Defense Committee, told LRT radio that he was aware of the disappearance, but did not provide any further information.
"There is a request from the military and those military forces that conducted the exercises to exercise discretion at this time and not make any comments. Let's be respectful, let's let all procedures work. The police are working and all the elements that need to be involved, these investigations are being involved," the politician told the national broadcaster.
Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas also said he would not comment on this investigation.
"I will definitely not comment on that information for now, an investigation is underway, but that information will be summarized and reported to the public when it is accurate," the Prime Minister told reporters in Vilnius.
