A Belgian soldier was seriously injured during a NATO exercise in Lithuania.

During the military exercises of the NATO forces in Lithuania, a soldier from Belgium was seriously injured, he is in critical condition. This was announced on November 28 by Belgian Defense Minister Theo Franken on the social network X (Former. Twitter).

"The medical teams that arrived at the scene immediately provided him with first aid, and he was subsequently transferred to a civilian hospital," Franken said.

It is noted that the soldier was injured during mortar exercises. An internal investigation was launched to clarify the circumstances of the incident.

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Earlier, on March 26, it became known about the death of four American soldiers during military exercises in Lithuania. They mistakenly drove into a swamp in an M88 Hercules recovery vehicle, after which they drowned.

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