Russian national who jumped off Kaliningrad transit train in June found in Lithuania

VILNIUS - The Russian citizen who jumped off a Kaliningrad transit train in June has been found, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.

"The Russian citizen who escaped from a Kaliningrad transit train in June has been found. His whereabouts are known to the relevant services, but due to the ongoing investigation, details cannot be disclosed," the statement said.

Danil Mukhametov, a Russian citizen born in 2004, unlawfully left the Adler-Kaliningrad train while it was transiting Lithuania on June 17.

According to police, about 25 minutes before the train was due to reach the Kybartai railway station, an attendant noticed an open train door while the train was moving between Pilviskiai and Kybartai, through which the man may have jumped.

Prosecutors in Lithuania are carrying out a pre-trial investigation into this incident. Meanwhile, the State Border Guard Service has decided against pursuing the case because they did not find the legal elements of the crime.

Lithuanian Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovic has set up an interinstitutional task force to propose an updated response protocol for handling potential incidents related to the security of the Kaliningrad special transit scheme.

A similar incident was recorded in 2020, when an Uzbek national jumped off a train near Vilnius and died in what was reported as an accident.