“The Bundeswehr has shown me how diverse people can be, even when wearing the same uniform,” Captain David Matei told Euronews.
A rally was held in Vilnius to honour the soldiers, with the US ambassador expressing deep gratitude for their service.
The announcement comes after the bodies of three of the four US Army service personnel were found on Monday after their armoured Hercules vehicle was recovered from a peat bog.
The chief of the defence staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces says drones are being used to survey the waterlogged ground where the vehicle became submerged.
Ukrainian soldiers say there needs to be compromises on both the US and Ukraine’s parts to bring about a possible end to the war.
Since the end of August, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine recorded 79 executions of Ukrainian POWs by Russian troops in 24 separate incidents, according to its recent report.
Four female Israeli hostages, who were soldiers captured by Hamas fighters inside Israel on Oct 7th 2023, have been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza