“We are collecting information, we are clarifying information,” the minister told reporters on Friday. “Currently, as far as I know, he is missing, and we are now trying to clarify the real situation through various channels.”
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The portal 15min reported on Thursday that a Lithuanian soldier who was carrying out a combat mission had gone missing in Ukraine.
According to 15min, the territory where the 25-year-old Lithuanian was located was shelled by Russian occupation forces. Since then, there has been no news about him.
The Lithuanian, serving as a grenade launcher assistant in the Ukrainian armed forces, carried out a combat mission on June 2.
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According to 15min, the Lithuanian has been serving in Ukraine since February, and his relatives have been informed about his disappearance.
BNS wrote that two Lithuanians, Tadas Tumas and Tomas Valentėlis, had previously died on the Ukrainian front. Gediminas Steponavičius is missing.
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