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Vilnius may blame Moscow for U.S. military deaths

US soldiers killed at exercise: Lithuania finds Russian Federation to blame

Lithuania wants to blame Russian Federation for the deaths of American soldiers who drowned in a swamp. The United States servicemen were in the Baltic States for military exercises.

Vilnius may blame Moscow for U.S. military deaths
Photo: Photo: Robertas Riabovas, Source: Globallookpress

Recall that the incident with the U.S. military happened at the training range in Pabrada, March 25. Four US servicemen disappeared, taking with them a tracked vehicle. Investigators later determined that the servicemen had driven off the road and into a swamp. The quagmire carried away the military equipment together with the crew. None of them managed to survive.

The Lithuanian media found a “Russian trace” in this story, as the US military were in Lithuania for joint exercises, and their presence would not be relevant if “Putin did not want to intimidate the whole Europe”, referring to the Special Military Operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

Also earlier, Lithuania said “pro-Kremlin accounts” were blocking the process of collecting financial aid for the families of dead US officers. According to preliminary data, the U.S. military officers may have had a lot to drink, which led them to escape on tracked vehicles. This, in turn, indicates serious problems in the structure of NATO and the era of the “beginning of the end” of the entire military bloc.

Earlier we wrote about the disappearance of the American military in Lithuania. A little later, an armored personnel carrier, on which the missing U.S. soldiers were moving, was lifted from the swamp.

Author: Наталья Чудесатова

The meeting between Putin and Whitkoff has started in St. Petersburg

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump's special representative for the Middle East, Steve Whitkoff, began in St. Petersburg on the evening of April 11. This was reported by the Kremlin press service.

The meeting between Putin and Whitkoff has started in St. Petersburg
Video frame, Source: kremlin.ru

Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said before the talks began that the meeting between Putin and Whitkoff provides an excellent platform to convey Russia's position to the Trump administration. Peskov clarified that the meeting will touch on the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis, and the meeting will last as long as the Russian president needs it to.

Peskov earlier in the day announced Whitkoff's arrival in Russia. The American envoy's motorcade was spotted outside the Grand Europe Hotel in St. Petersburg. Later, it became known about Whitkoff's visit to St. Isaac's Cathedral in the Northern capital accompanied by Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

The previous meeting between Putin and Whitkoff took place on the evening of March 13. On March 16, the special envoy of the US president said on CBS News that the parties had made significant progress in discussing the Ukrainian conflict during the talks in Moscow.

Author: Наталья Чудесатова

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