Pentagon IG Report Details Retired General's Ukraine Lapses

A Pentagon Inspector General report released this week details two security lapses by retired Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, who commanded the U.S. military's efforts to train and equip Ukrainian forces from 2022 until his retirement in August 2024. The incidents, occurring in April and May 2024 during trips to Ukraine, involved the temporary loss of classified maps on a European train and a concussion sustained after heavy alcohol consumption at a military dinner.

Aguto led the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, based in Wiesbaden, Germany, overseeing the coordination of aid amid Russia's ongoing invasion. On April 3, 2024, he and his staff boarded a State Department-chartered train in Ukraine, heading back to Germany via Poland. Aguto had brought a tube containing oversized classified maps for briefings, but the documents were not packaged according to regulations, which require double-wrapping or locked containers for transport across borders. Investigators found that the tube's size made compliance challenging, though directives were clear.

Upon arriving in Poland the next morning, the group disembarked without the tube, which remained on the train. Aguto was notified of the...