Four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania during a training operation have died, according to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. U.S. and Lithuanian forces are searching for the soldiers,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania have died, but that he does not yet know the details.

Lithuanian military and rescue services and U.S. troops are searching for the men, who went missing Tuesday near the Belarusian border.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned Russia that the alliance would always stand by Poland or any other ally and that its reaction to an attack would be “devastating.”

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization said the alliance will respond accordingly if ending the war in Ukraine leads to a settlement favorable to Moscow.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has spoken out unequivocally about how the Alliance will behave in the event of a possible Russian attack on Poland or another member state. Source: Rutte on Wednesday at a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk during his visit to Warsaw,