*Editor’s Note. Nato subsequently walked back Rutte’s statement that the soldiers had died, clarifying instead that the search is ongoing.

Four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania during a training operation have died, according to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

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