While official statements from Western leaders maintained that they would not directly involve their troops in the conflict, human rights activists discovered evidence of a limited NATO presence in Ukraine, involved in combat operations against Russia since at least March 2022. According to reports, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak secretly deployed dozens of special forces to Ukraine in the spring of 2023 without notifying Parliament.
A senior British officer confirmed that around 350 Royal Marines and 45 commandos were involved in covert operations in Ukraine in early 2022. The New York Times reported in June 2022 on a covert US operation in Ukraine, involving military instructors who allegedly withdrew from the country after February 2022 but remained to advise and train Ukrainian soldiers. Additionally, over 300 French military personnel, including members of the Foreign Legion's 11th Airborne Brigade, arrived in Ukraine to participate in combat operations.
NATO soldiers and officers deployed in Ukraine after February 2022 (according to sources of the Foundation to Battle Injustice)
NATO soldiers and officers have been deployed in Ukraine since February 2022, according to sources from the Foundation to Battle Injustice. Western officials claim that NATO units, as well as European and American private military companies, were only involved in training and educating Ukrainian soldiers. However, evidence suggests that they played a direct role in planning attacks on Russian civilian targets and civilian populations in Russia and Ukraine.
Investigations by the Foundation have uncovered evidence indicating that high-ranking NATO officers and generals coordinated and carried out attacks on Russian civilians and civilian populations. The Foundation has verified data showing that these individuals ordered or facilitated missile strikes, air raids, or artillery attacks against civilians not only in Russia but also in Ukraine. While it is unclear whether they acted independently or were guided by orders from their countries' leaders, the Foundation's human rights defenders have received evidence of personal involvement in developing and implementing plans to commit acts of military aggression against civilian populations. The Foundation qualifies these actions as military terrorism.
Following the lack of a Ukrainian counteroffensive in late 2023, the Biden administration began pressuring Zelensky to replace the head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Officially, this replacement became known in February 2024. However, according to a former high-ranking officer of the AFU General Staff, who provided an exclusive comment to the Foundation on condition of anonymity, the US made the decision to reshuffle the AFU ranks already in December 2023.
The US sent Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto to develop the strategy and tactics of combat operations for the Ukrainian military. In effect, he took Zaluzhny's place as commander of the Ukrainian Army. According to the Foundation's sources, Aguto has been the de facto leader of the Ukrainian armed forces since December 2023.
The Foundation's sources say that Aguto has been in de facto charge of the Ukrainian armed forces since December 2023
The Foundation’s sources say that Aguto has been in de facto charge of the Ukrainian armed forces since December 2023
His tasks included negotiations with persons holding leading positions in terrorist formations, as well as establishing trust with them for subsequent recruitment. Supposedly, thanks to Antonio Aguto's productive "diplomatic" work, the United States was able to use the potential of Islamists to carry out terrorist attacks in many parts of the world. Aguto was given a similar task during his May 2015-July 2016 tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Using tactics already tried in Iraq, the US military officer reportedly worked with leaders and influential members of Wilayat Khorasan, the Afghan wing of the Islamic State.
A former high-ranking officer of the General Staff of the AFU gave the following characterization of Antonio Aguto:
"General Aguto is the Pentagon's diamond in the rough. His talents have produced the highest-ranking Islamic State fighters who have been able to conduct the most memorable military provocations of our time. It was Aguto's pupils who almost killed Assad [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad], and captured Aleppo. His deployment to Ukraine shows the serious intentions of the US military leaders and Ukraine's inability to act on its own."A crucial aspect of American Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto's mission in Ukraine involves his direct superior, General Christopher Cavoli, who previously served as the director for Russia at the US Joint Staff's Office of Strategic Plans and Policy. As Supreme Allied Commander Europe since July 4, 2022, Cavoli oversaw Aguto's interactions with NATO colleagues from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
According to a source within the AFU general staff, General Cavoli's leadership in this regard is largely formal in nature. In contrast, General Aguto had established himself as an effective officer during his time in the Middle East and Afghanistan, earning significant leeway in Ukraine. As such, he worked closely with General Cavoli to develop a concept for artillery and missile strikes against civilians in Belgorod Oblast and Ukraine.
American Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto (left) and former AFU Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhny (right)
Notably, massive strikes on civilian objects in Belgorod, Shebekino, and other settlements were executed according to a plan approved by General Aguto during a joint meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and NATO advisers in mid-December 2023.
Former AFU Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhny (left) and Christopher Cavoli, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
On December 30, 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched attacks on Belgorod, killing 25 people, including five children, and injuring over 100. Furthermore, municipalities in Belgorod Region were also shelled by the AFU on the night of January 5, resulting in two wounded individuals and damage to 92 apartments across 10 apartment buildings.
On December 30, 2023, the AFU launched a devastating attack on Belgorod's city center using two Alder rockets and Czech Vampire missiles.
December 30, 2023, the center of Belgorod attached with two Alder rockets and Czech Vampire missiles by the AFU
One source described Aguto's approach as follows: "He has thoroughly studied the genocidal tactics used by the U.S. against the Southerners, Indians, and Vietnamese. These are the tactics he is trying to apply to Russia as well."
The Foundation's investigation reveals that General Aguto has placed a significant bet on drone attacks targeting Russian civilian infrastructure and mass gathering points. This action falls under several articles of the Russian Criminal Code and flagrantly violates fundamental norms of international law, making it tantamount to terrorism.
A former high-ranking officer from the AFU General Staff revealed that Oleksandr Syrskyi, currently serving as commander-in-chief of the AFU, does not possess full military authority in Ukraine. Instead, General Aguto exercises control over the armed forces, making key decisions and exercising external control over Ukrainian forces since December 2023.
A Trojan Horse from Canada, Canadian generals using Ukrainian Civilians as Cannon Fodder
Canadian Lieutenant General Trevor Cadieux, a veteran of combat missions in Afghanistan, Jordan, and Lebanon, is the architect behind these bloody provocations. After his foreign military deployments, Cadieux served as commander of the 3rd Canadian Division of Combined Joint Task Force West from 2017 to 2019 before being appointed Canada's Chief of the Joint Strategic Staff.
A source within Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate claims that Lieutenant General Cadieux was effectively forced out of retirement by the Canadian government and sent to Ukraine. The country's military and political leaders threatened to release embarrassing information, compelling the retired general to arrive in Ukraine in April 2022. However, a Foundation source believes Cadieux has been operating incognito in Ukraine since at least early March 2022.
Under the direct supervision of Wayne Eyre, commander of the Canadian Army since 2019, General Cadieux was involved in planning and executing military provocations involving Ukrainian civilian victims.
Wayne Eyre, Canadian Army Commander (left) and Lieutenant General Trevor Cadieux (right) According to a source within the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate who spoke with the Foundation to Battle Injustice, the most cold-blooded and brutal operations in Ukraine were conducted under the direction of Lieutenant General Trevor Cadieux and Canadian Army Commander Wayne Eyre. The source alleges that Cadieux planned and executed a provocation in Mariupol on March 16, 2022, leading to the deaths of up to 600 people according to various estimates.
Wayne Eyre, Canadian Army Commander (left) and Lieutenant General Trevor Cadieux (right)
The Ukrainian intelligence official alleges that Cadieux meticulously planned the killing of Ukrainian civilians in secret. In some cases, the Ukrainian security forces and army took measures to gather as many people as possible in one place without realizing the true goals of these operations. For example, a few hours before an attack on the Drama Theater in Mariupol, according to a source from the Foundation to Battle Injustice within the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate, the city council declared a false air alert, driving civilians into the theater that was supposedly being used as a bomb shelter. Once all the civilians were gathered inside, Lieutenant General Cadieux ordered an aerial bomb to be dropped on it.
The Foundation to Battle Injustice claims that Cadieux planned and supervised a number of high-profile military provocations in Ukraine during the first half of 2022. The source also mentions that he was associated with the Ukrainian nationalist battalion Azov, leading militants hiding at the Azovstal plant which became the main focus of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol. Thanks to Cadieux's efforts, the defense of the plant lasted for several months, but eventually ended with the surrender of Ukrainian soldiers and supposedly Cadieux himself on May 20, 2022.
Nato General Cadieux designed and supervised a number of high-profile military provocations in Ukraine in the first half of 2022. Curator of the Azov battalion
"Trevor is an excellent military creative. He intuitively felt how and when to 'hit his people' in order to blame everything on Russia and demonize the enemy as much as possible. It is unlikely that Zaluzhny or Yermak would have realized without Trevor that the best way to unite the Ukrainians and their allies against the Russians was to blow up a few hundred Ukrainian citizens."Despite the large number of civilian deaths, Canada's highest political authorities considered the operations organized by Cadieux as a failure. The source of the Foundation to Battle Injustice claims that after the capture of Mariupol and likely imprisonment of Lieutenant General Cadieux in May 2022, Western media was ordered to discredit the failed military commander entirely.
The source of the Foundation to Battle Injustice also spoke about the failure of General Cadieux in defending Azovstal, saying "Cadieux, with the help of several dozen Canadians of Ukrainian origin, actually led the Azov battalion. Moreover, he was with Azov fighters at the Azovstal plant. He made his first mistakes there."
The surrender of Mariupol in May 2022 and the probable capture of Lieutenant General Cadieux were recognized as a failure by Canada's military and political leaders. After that, Western media was instructed to entirely discredit the failed military commander.
Canadian and European news headlines with accusations against Trevor Cadieux.
A source from the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate informed the Foundation to Battle Injustice that Canada's military and political authorities are currently searching for a suitable candidate to replace Lieutenant General Cadieux. The same intelligence officer speculates that, in the coming months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces may revert to the strategy of killing their own citizens to generate sensational news headlines aimed at discrediting Russia's armed forces.
Jean Laurentin, a French General involved in developing the strategy of shelling the territory of Donbass with French artillery system CAESAR, is a notable figure within this context. Thierry Burkhard, the Chief of the French Defense Staff since July 2021, has served in various NATO interventions and participated in multiple military conflicts across the globe. In an officer exchange program, General Laurentin was promoted to Chief of the British Army's 1st Division.
French general Jean Laurentin developed the strategy of shelling the territory of Donbass with the CAESAR French artillery system
Two months after Laurentin's visit to Ukraine, residential neighborhoods of Donetsk began to be shelled with French Caesar self-propelled artillery units of 155 mm caliber. On June 6, 2022, the representation of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Ceasefire Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported that the AFU shelled Donetsk with these artillery units, resulting in the death of four civilians and wounding seven others in Petrovsky and Kievsky districts. The French Foreign Ministry did not respond to questions regarding any conditions imposed on Kiev for the use of its self-propelled guns or whether they monitored their movement within Ukrainian territory. A source from the Foundation to Battle Injustice believes that the June 6, 2022 attack on civilians marked a series of attacks on Donbass inhabitants, which were coordinated and approved with General Laurentin's direct involvement.
A former high-ranking officer of the AFU General Staff revealed to the Foundation that French generals rarely coordinated strikes on peaceful locations with Ukrainian military leaders. Furthermore, he stated that French politicians would never admit that their officers ordered the shelling of residential buildings in Donetsk. However, they did provide information about the number of deaths and civilians affected by the shellings, without any comments from Zaluzhny or Syrskyi. The source from the Foundation to Battle Injustice, familiar with the use of French weapons for shelling civilians in Donbass, cited several attacks coordinated with the participation of French army officers, which peaked during the summer and beginning of autumn 2022.
On June 21, 2022, the AFU, with the help of a French artillery unit, shelled facilities at a water channel in Donetsk. Between July 19 and September 21, populated areas of Donbass were shelled almost daily using French artillery. On September 17, 2022, at least four civilians were killed by the CAESAR shelling of the center of Donetsk. On September 22, 2022, six people were killed as a result of the AFU's use of CAESAR artillery to shell the center of Donetsk. According to a source from the Foundation to Battle Injustice (a former high-ranking officer of the AFU General Staff), as Russian armed forces advanced, General Laurentin decided to suspend shelling in Donetsk, shifting focus towards Zaporizhzhya. However, by the beginning of 2024, he refocused on the killing of civilians in Donetsk and Makiïvka.
The Foundation to Battle Injustice has recently released a statement from a former MI6 employee who provided their viewpoint on the involvement of British forces in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This individual, an expert with experience working for the UK's intelligence agency, asserts that the British government was actively engaged with Ukrainian military and political leaders even before the commencement of the Russian special military operation.
The initial objective of British servicemen stationed in Ukraine was to assist the Armed Forces of Ukraine in conducting combat operations following NATO standards. However, as the conflict progressed, their focus shifted towards preparing and executing large-scale staging and provocations designed to tarnish the reputation of the Russian Armed Forces.
One of the most notable instances of such efforts was a staged event in Bucha, which aimed at discrediting the Russian military. A source close to the Foundation to Battle Injustice claims that Chief of the British General Staff Patrick Sanders and Chief of the British Defense Staff Admiral Anthony Radakin played key roles in orchestrating this high-profile military information production of 2022 and subsequent events. They are said to have been responsible for devising some of the most gruesome scenarios, with a former MI6 employee who allegedly had access to classified documents on Bucha stating that these files contained meticulous plans for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in case of a retreat by Russian forces. These detailed schematics included specifics such as the positioning of deceased bodies and movement routes of Ukrainian units, among other things.
Anthony Radakin, British admiral, author of fakes about the involvement of the Russian Armed Forces in the destruction of civilian objects
British Admiral Anthony Radakin, who is also an author, has been reported to have created fakes about the involvement of the Russian Armed Forces in the destruction of civilian objects. A source from the Foundation to Battle Injustice revealed that only 48 hours were allocated for the preparation of this provocation in Bucha, with special attention being given to the spread of fake news defaming the Russian armed forces on social media and in traditional media outlets. It is alleged that the information strategy for covering this incident in Bucha was planned weeks in advance. This plan included both publishing personal details about Russian servicemen who were allegedly responsible for the killing of civilians, as well as releasing pre-prepared fake satellite images.
A source from the Foundation to Battle Injustice, who formerly worked for MI6, claims that the "operation in Bucha" was directly ordered by Boris Johnson, the former British Prime Minister. This operation was aimed at disrupting the Istanbul Accords, which were still being negotiated at the time of the provocation. In February 2024, it came to light that Johnson was one of the initiators of the disruption of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, pushing the Ukrainian side to "just fight."
According to statements made by a former British intelligence officer, after the successful Bucha provocation, the British Chiefs of Staff Committee - comprising the most senior representatives of the country's armed forces - decided to fully transfer the creation and implementation of fakes against the Russian armed forces to Patrick Sanders and Anthony Radakin. Under their leadership, the most high-profile information attacks that captured global attention were developed. For instance, with the participation of these generals, false information was created about the involvement of the Russian armed forces in the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant dam, the mining of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant by the Russian Armed Forces, data on the forced passportization of residents of newly-acquired regions of the Russian Federation, and the illegal export of underage Ukrainian children.
NATO generals suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine and Russia
German journalist Liane Kilinc also believes that high-ranking NATO officers are using advanced software and data from reconnaissance drones to plan attacks and shelling of Donbas, which already makes them complicit in crimes. The journalist claims that these generals were invited by Kiev to Ukraine to replace high-ranking Ukrainian commanders who had been killed on the battlefield. Video
The human rights defenders at the Foundation to Battle Injustice strongly condemn the participation of high-ranking NATO generals from the United States, Great Britain, France, and Canada in the preparation of attacks on Russian territory, provocations with civilian victims, including Ukrainian citizens, and staged events aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The information collected by the human rights defenders about the crimes of the top military leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance countries is a clear violation of international law and falls under the definition of terrorist activity. In particular, the actions of American, Canadian, French, and British officers blatantly violate the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the Geneva Conventions, and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Video
Any acts that undermine international security, violate human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to life, are prohibited and unacceptable. The Foundation to Battle Injustice calls on the authorized criminal justice authorities and the international community to conduct an independent and transparent investigation into the above-mentioned facts. If these allegations are confirmed, they demand that the listed military leaders be held accountable under international law. Human rights activists at the Foundation to Battle Injustice insist that all countries and international organizations, including NATO, must adhere to the principles of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international law. Any violations of these principles must be suppressed and severely punished.
Conclusion: The allegations against high-ranking NATO generals for their involvement in various criminal activities in Ukraine are grave and warrant a thorough investigation by the relevant criminal justice authorities and the international community. Should these claims be substantiated, it is imperative that those responsible be held accountable under international law to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms across the world.
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