A Lithuanian serving as an assistant grenadier in the Ukrainian armed forces (surname known to the 15min editorial team) carried out a combat mission on June 2.
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The area where he was located was shelled by Russian occupying forces. Since then, there has been no news about him.
15min reports that the Lithuanian has been serving in Ukraine since February. Relatives have been informed about the disappearance. 15min does not disclose further information to avoid jeopardizing possible operations to bring the Lithuanian back.
Several Lithuanians have died in Ukraine so far
In 2022, Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius was killed in the Russian-besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
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In the summer of 2023, Lithuanian Valerijus Polkovnikov, who fought for Ukraine in Bakhmut, died in a Kyiv hospital. A friend who reported his death said that V. Polkovnikov died from injuries sustained in Bakhmut, but the Lithuanian embassy in Ukraine did not confirm information about the injuries. It was later clarified that the wounds were not the main cause of death.
In 2024, Lithuanian soldier Tadas Tumas, born in 1981 and known by the call sign “Giant,” who fought against Russian occupiers in Ukraine, died. He served in the 92nd brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces.
In 2025, a young volunteer from Biržai, Tomas Valentėlis, died. He was only twenty years old. The Lithuanian served in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion since August 2024. T. Valentėlis died during a combat mission near the city of Kupiansk. It was his first military mission in Ukraine. His body was retrieved from the combat zone only after some time during a special operation. You can read about it here: Tomas’ retrieval operation: wounded Latvian and Frenchmen trying to carry out the body in Ukraine
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