The four soldiers were carrying out "scheduled tactical training at the time of the incident," the U.S. Army said on Wednesday.

The world learned Wednesday that four American soldiers have gone missing in Lithuania during a NATO exercise. Information so far is scarce and confusing: The NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte initially announced that the soldiers had been “killed,

Lithuania’s military said four US soldiers and a tracked vehicle had gone missing on Tuesday afternoon. The United States Army has said an armoured vehicle used by four of its soldiers that went missing in Lithuania has been found submerged in a body of water as search efforts for the missing troops continue.