The investigation concerned Aguto’s May 2024 visit to Kyiv, when he was still leading Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, or SAG-U. It was opened after anonymous complaints, Polish Radio reported.
According to the Pentagon report, Aguto drank two half-liter bottles of Georgian chacha, with an alcohol content of 40%-50%, during one dinner. He was allegedly still intoxicated the next day, including during official meetings, among them one with then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The investigation found that in that condition the general fell to the ground at least three times and suffered a concussion, according to reports.
On the return trip from Kyiv to the SAG-U headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, Aguto’s team left military maps marked “secret” on a train in Poland. The maps, packed in a cylindrical military container, were found the next day, apparently untouched.
Although Aguto did not personally leave the maps on the train, he took responsibility for the incident.
The general said he had received verbal permission from the commander of U.S. Army Europe to drink “more than the prescribed two servings of alcohol” and stressed the “cultural significance” of drinking alcohol at ceremonial dinners in Eastern Europe.
The unit led by Aguto had played a leading role in delivering and coordinating military supplies to Ukraine since its creation in 2022. Following a decision taken at the NATO summit in Washington in 2024, that role was transferred to the alliance.
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Source: Polish Radio, PAP