US army, during the start of the territory of the Baltic NATO military exercises, He suffered the first loss, though not during the conditional fighting. Thirteen US soldiers were injured in a traffic accident, According to the National Radio of Lithuania.
The representative of the Defense Staff of the Lithuanian Army Captain Thomas said Pakalniskis, that in the region of Kaunas (Lithuania) on the highway in the area of Prienai, while following in a convoy of military equipment, there was a clash of four armored vehicles Stryker ("Stryker") US army. As a result of a traffic accident two armored personnel carriers have moved down in a ditch and injured 13 US military. The injured were taken to a nearby medical facility. After the initial medical examination was found, that the injuries received are not life-threatening.
According to the report, in an accident on a narrow highway traffic jam, completely blocked the traffic on the freeway. American technology column can not continue to move.
recall, that is currently in the territory of the Baltic countries and Poland are NATO military exercise Saber Strike 2018 ,which is fulfilled in the course of transfer of large groups of troops under Eastern European roads, and conducted exercises to capture Kalingradskoy region of Russia.
According to plans, the exercise, from 6 by 9 June highways of Lithuania goes to landfill diversion 2nd Cavalry Regiment, US Army.
