The Polish Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that it had dismissed and dismissed, with immediate effect, the Polish commander of the international military force Eurocorps, after a military counter-espionage investigation.
According to a statement by the Polish Ministry of Defense, the intelligence services “launched a supervisory investigation” into Lieutenant General Jaroslaw Gromadzinski’s access to classified information, due to “new information about the officer.”
“As a result, the decision was taken to remove General Gromadzinski from his duties as Commander of the European Corps and immediately transfer him to his country,” the ministry said, adding that another officer would be appointed to ensure continuity in the position he has held until now. now by the General, and that this would be implemented “with immediate effect.”
Before becoming Commander of the European Corps last June, General Gromadzinski was Coordinating Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army.
In recent months, the general was part of the International Assistance Team for Ukraine based in Wiesbaden, Germany, where he was responsible, along with US military personnel, for training Ukrainian soldiers.
Created in 1992, the European Legion is a unique military corps, made up of a thousand soldiers from six member countries, called the “Mother States” (France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland), which finance and manage the organization.
Several “associated states” (Greece, Turkey, Italy, Romania and Austria) also supported the European Legion by supplying it with staff officers.
This body, whose mission is to lead and coordinate large-scale multinational operations on behalf of the European Union and NATO, can command up to 60,000 ground forces.
The headquarters of the European Legion is located in Strasbourg.
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