Fighters from the UK pose at a Lviv railway station before traveling to the front line in April 2022
- Soldiers allege corruption and abuse by commanders in Ukraine’s foreign legion
- They say Western-supplied rifles, anti-tank weapons, grenades and ammunition have been stolen from armouries with the intent to sell them
- Commanders also accused of pointing loaded weapons at men who complained, or of having dismissed on trumped-up charges of desertion or spying
Chris Pleasance – Daily Mail Dec 2, 2022
Fighters in Ukraine’s foreign legion say Western-supplied weapons are being stolen by corrupt commanders who are also bullying their subordinates and abusing their power to dismiss anyone who questions them on trumped-up charges.
Sasha Kapuscinski, a Polish gangster-turned-officer now in charge of operations for one of the two branches of the foreign legion is singled out for particular criticism in a wide-ranging investigation by the Kyiv Independent.
Kapuscinski is accused of ‘acting like a Mafia boss’ by stealing weapons including US rifles and anti-tank launchers in order to sell them – sometimes back to his own men – as well as sexually harassing a female recruit, and of pointing a loaded gun at one man who defied him.
Soldiers say his superior officers, an uncle and nephew both called Taras Vashuk, acted to protect him and sometimes joined the abuse. A lieutenant-colonel named only as Bohdan and one of his subordinates, Nikolay Bakaliuk, are also accused.
Reporters say there is no suggestion of wide-ranging theft of advanced Western weapons as Russian propagandists have claimed, but that dozens – maybe hundreds – of recruits have quit the foreign legion after authorities failed to investigate.
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Soldiers who spoke out anonymously say this is undermining the war effort and have called for urgent action so no more manpower or materiel is wasted.
Investigators say it has not been possible to work out who the allegedly stolen weapons were sold to or where they ended up, but added there is no evidence they have left the country.
The probe began over the summer when the newspaper was approached by several dozen current and former members of one branch of the foreign legion – set up by Kyiv to admit fighters from overseas – who complained of poor treatment.
It has since expanded to cover both branches, run separately by Ukraine’s military intelligence and ground forces, with soldiers saying they contacted journalists as a last resort after complaints to the military, police, and politicians were ignored.
Most of the complaints focus on Kapuscinski, a Pole who was a known member of the Pruszkow gang in the early 2000s and has served time in jail in his home country for crimes including robbery, kidnapping for ransom, drugs and stabbing.
He left Poland – where he is still wanted for fraud – and came to Ukraine, where he was accused of aggravated robbery in 2016 and illegal arms possession in 2021 before joining the military in February as Putin invaded.
Poland still wants him to be deported but Kyiv has refused to hand him over, and has paused investigations against him in Ukraine while he serves the military.
Kapuscinski is now in charge of operations for the branch of the foreign legion run by military intelligence, including managing the armoury and logistics.
Those who have served with him told investigators that weapons delivered to armouries under his control – including several hundred rifle bayonets and a similar number of pistols – had a ‘bad habit’ of disappearing.
Ukrainian service personnel unpack US supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles. Click to enlarge
Others said they were ordered to load rifles into civilian vehicles under his direction – where they also saw NLAW tubes and Javelin canisters – before they were driven away and never seen again.
Soldiers also accused Kapuscinski of spuriously confiscating their personal equipment including ammunition, drones, holsters or helmets they purchased themselves or were sent by private overseas donors in order to sell them.
In one case, a unit received a shipment of thermal imagining gear that was allegedly taken by Kapuscinski who then tried to sell it back to his own men at $300 a piece.
One recruit said this behaviour was common knowledge, and referred to by the men as the ‘Sasha tax.’
Soldiers also complained that Kapuscinski would often send them on suicide missions, instruct them to loot buildings, or give nonsensical orders.
While many complied out of fear, some resisted and faced abuse, summary dismissals and – on one occasion – was allegedly threatened with a loaded gun.
An American-Jewish recruit, who said Kapuscinski used anti-Semitic language towards him, accused him of pointing a weapon at him when he refused to hand over a share of equipment he had purchased for his squad-mates.
Nadim Khmaladze, a Georgian soldier who quit the legion after being sent on what he considered to be a suicide mission, said Major Vashuk – Kapuscinski’s superior – also pointed a loaded weapon at him when he refused to hand over his gear.
Another who complained said Kapuscinski dragged him out of hospital while he was being treated for a broken neck, put him on an 18-hour train to Lviv in agonising pain, and dismissed him for being a deserter.
A female soldier said Kapuscinski forced her to sit on his lap, tried to kiss her, and would catcall women in the street.
Meanwhile Bohdan, who worked for the other branch of the foreign legion under control of the Ukrainian ground forces, was also accused of stealing weapons and abusing men under his command.
Troops said he was prone to violent mood swings, especially when confronted over ‘suicide missions’ he sometimes sent recruits on.
In one video obtained by the Kyiv Independent, Bohdan can be heard telling a recruit: One more word, one more movement. You will be f***ing destroyed.’
Bohdan allegedly threatened to have the man sent to jail in Ukraine, where he claimed to have contacts who would ensure him a ‘good time’.
After months of complaints, Bohdan was moved from command of one unit to another – still within the foreign legion – after which superiors decided to audit his old armoury to check if anything was missing.
They found 54 US-made M4 carbines, several anti-tank weapons like RPGs and NLAWs, grenades, pistols, and a few thousand rounds of ammunition were missing.
Suspicion also fell on Nikolay Bakaliuk, one of Bohdan’s subordinates, who was in de-facto control of the armoury at the time.
Complaints accuse Bakaliuk of corruption, theft of equipment, and bullying.
None of the missing weapons have been recovered, with Ukrainian officials saying it is very hard to track small-arms once they make it down to unit level because they can easily be written off as destroyed or lost to the enemy.
An official investigation has now been opened into Kapuscinski by the Luhansk Specialized Military and Defense Prosecutor’s Office, on claims of abuse of power.
He has not yet been named as a suspect, but faces up to 12 years in jail if he is charged and subsequently found guilty.
Bohdan is not facing investigation, but members of the legion say he has reformed his behaviour since being relieved of his earlier command.
He gave detailed denials to the Independent of all of the allegations against him.
Bohdan said his superiors are also ‘looking into’ claims against Bakaliuk, but no official probe has yet been launched. Bakaliuk has also denied the allegations.
While evidence of corruption, brutality and incompetence within the Russian army is widespread, it is rare to get such an insight into Ukraine’s ranks.
Those soldiers who did complain made it clear that such problems are not widespread and are limited to individual commanders or units, but that they none-the-less exist.
One solider said: ‘It dishonours the Ukrainian army. It dishonours the Legion as a whole. And I find it extremely frustrating.’
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Fighters in Ukraine’s foreign legion say Western-supplied weapons are being stolen by corrupt commanders who are also bullying their subordinates and abusing their power to dismiss anyone who questions them on trumped-up charges.”
This first paragraph contains a glaringly obvious lie. No way is anyone dismissed. They are shot. Maybe not on the spot, and almost certainly with no audience.
As to the rest of the claims, it seems like layer cake propaganda, so I will await the truth, when the US military concludes. their super detailed UKrainian weapons audit. lol
Top Photo:
Even as their OWN country is being invaded….
you just KNEW that THICK Brits would be at the forefront fighting for ZOGkraine… DIDNT YOU????
☺😅😂🤣
I suspect arming European gangsters may be part of the WEF plan. Schwab knows western governments have so underfunded all their security forces to the point of collapse that they’d be overwhelmed by the number of citizens alone even without weapons; and so to maintain their form of order they want brutal armed gangs to do it, just as the Nazis and Communists used gangs in the streets and criminals in the camps as enforcers. There can be nobody better to enforce a new lawlessness than the armed and lawless.
thats good ! so we finaly get some illegale
weapons here in europa . thank you CIA !
may hands lust to kill some of our ruling
traitors !
Every single member of the US Congress and Senate will disavow ANY knowledge of such behavior, inhumanity, savagery, and violations of human decency. To a man, unanimously, they have voted to expand the “defensive” NATO’s borders right up to Russia, voted ALL weapons and aid proposed by the Bowdown Administration, and even howled for more weapons to be procured than the military asks for-itself and for Ukraine.
All hyper evil countries like the USA destroy themselves from within, as a matter of inevitability. The USA is a sinking ship with water rising in all compartments, overcoming all pumps.
Peter Petherington, is anyone in the top photo (Lviv rail station) British? Maybe that one guy in the back under the arrow? If you are not of old stock English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh ancestry, you are not British and you don’t belong in Britain. Even with masks, it’s obvious these are semites and if they take a bullet for ZOG, who cares. It’s unfortunate that millions of these invading parasites don’t do the same after dragging the ones who let them into the country with them. Remember the 20,000 invaders from India that ran like hell from Ukraine when the shelling started? How about all those Africans that laughed at the idea that they would fight for Ukraine? They should have taken all of them and forced them into the trenches at gunpoint. Then again, Putin is another open-borders ZOG puppet and he would immediately call for a truce if his precious diversity was put in harm’s way. Let all of these open-border fake brits and politicians go to front line artillery trenches. Now that would be a ‘good war’. Diversity is our stench.
Putin however, thinks diversity and multiculturalism is the greatest thing ever. The real war is the total invasion of Russia and Europe from the third world and that is meant to bring about the annihilation of the white race. That is a fact, try to deny it. If anyone tries to organize opposition to this black, brown and yellow invasion, Putin will order your arrest.
Want to go to medical school in Russia? Be black, brown, yellow or a Jew. Don’t be a NAZI white man, welcome the new Russians and there are billions more whey they come from. Here is a Russian medical library; take a look at the New Russia: https://studyinrussia.ru/upload/medialibrary/b8f/b8f8b0c0e9f2fdfcbf6d925dd3e594e0.jpg
The 2 oldest professions in the world.
Prostitute
Mercenary
Both rent their bodies to be abused for money
“Soldiers allege corruption and abuse by commanders in Ukraine’s foreign legion.” … Corruption in Jewkraine? No shit. In other breaking news, soldiers allege water is wet, fire is hot, Phony Blair is a c*ck-sucking faggot, and “Michelle” Obunghole has a dong between “her” legs.
EVERY UK newspaper has ALWAYS had embedded Intelligence informers/operatives.
US Ukraine Failure w/Ex Green Beret!
Interview With Joe Cortina
November 27 2022
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JOE CORTINA IS AN EX GREEN BERET, a former airborne special forces officer, and US Army Training Center commander.
CORTINA’S duties as an intelligence investigator and anti-terrorist adviser brought him to such hotbeds of turmoil as the State of Israel, adjacent Middle East nations, and Central America.
COMBINING active duty with added roles in military intelligence, Joe Cortina speaks authoritatively to those who long for a termination of America’s endless wars abroad.
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Brother Nathanael: General Milley says Ukraine is beating Russia. Is he right?
Joe Cortina: Milley is a puppet of the Jews. He covers his fat ass every time he speaks.
Milley is a moral coward whose career comes before any objective military assessment based on facts.
I almost vomited when I heard his screed cheerleading for Jewlensky.
And no!
Ukraine is not winning. They’re losing!
Their army is depleted, made up now of mostly Poles, and some western mercenaries.
BN: The Pentagon just sent more weapons to Zelensky. Will this help?
Joe Cortina: No.
First of all, the Pentagon, like every institution in America, is run by Jews. Kikes fund it from their private bank the FED.
Jews, who have infiltrated the State Department, call the shots. Lloyd Austin, is a diversity hire and will do and say whatever his Jewish masters tell him.
Look.
The latest weapons package sent to Zelensky are mostly machine guns.
Russia’s military uses the ZALA Lancet drone which flies too low and too fast for machine guns to bring them down.
They’ll end up on the black market like most of our weapons sent to Zelensky and his scum regime, mostly Jews. Igor Kolomoisky, a Jew oligarch who fled Ukraine, is Zelensky’s candy man and enabler.
BN: What about the highly touted air defense systems the US is sending to Ukraine?
Joe Cortina: These are Avenger and Stinger air defense systems known as NASAMS.
They aren’t doing diddly shit against Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s power and transportation grid.
BN: But the main stream media and Pentagon says they’re having a 100% success rate?
Joe Cortina: That proves I’m right.
No air defense system, NONE, have 100% success rate.
BN: Was the reported ‘Russian missile’ that struck a Polish farm a false flag by Ukraine?
Joe Cortina: Absolutely.
Wasn’t a misfire either as the Jew-run media is now saying. It was a deliberate attack by Ukraine.
BN: How so?
Joe Cortina: I traced the trajectory.
The so-called ‘misfire’ to take down the ‘Russian missile’ fired northwest into the border of Poland and struck that farmland.
Yet all Russian missiles are coming from Ukraine’s south and east. The strike was way beyond the range of Russia’s missiles.
To intercept any Russian missile Ukraine would have to fire to the south and east, NOT northwest, unless the operator was stoned on cocaine like Jewlensky.
It was an act of desperation on Jewlensky’s part. He’s losing badly and tried to spark a Nato Article 5 conflagration that would drag Jewmerica in.
I’m sure the wicked kike Victoria Nuland would lick her chubby chops to get our Christian boys into a nuclear war.
BN: Will this war drag on for another year?
Joe Cortina: I don’t see it.
Russia’s special military operation is entering a brand new phase. Putin brought in a proven military man, General Surovikin, known as “General Armageddon.”
No sooner did he take command that relentless missile strikes on Ukraine’s power grid started up.
It’s actually a humane act.
BN: Really?
Joe Cortina: Sure is.
It will motivate Ukraine civilians to flee before the huge Russian offensive starts once the ground freezes.
With Ukraine’s reduced troops, artillery, and diesel fuel, with no air support, it’s doomsday for Jew-run Ukraine.
Yet it’s likely that ‘General Armageddon’ will bring Ukraine to its knees before the year is out without a single soldier having to die if his strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure persist.
BN: How will America face this failure?
Joe Cortina: By continuing to allow Jews to run our country into the ground.
I’m being sarcastic.
Only an act of God—not Trump, not Desantis, not Cruz—can save this country.
Mercenaries constitute the largest army in the history of humanity—-the moat around the castle Federal Reserve.