On February 24, 2022 [[President Vladimir Putin]] of Russia announced [[Operation Denazification]] to clean out the fascist battalions which have waged war on the civilians of the [[Donbas]] Republics since 2014, killing at least 13,000.<ref>http://www.indiandefencereview.com/what-forced-a-russian-response-in-ukraine/</ref> ''[[Politico]]'' reported, "The day after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, the Azov Regiment invited foreigners to join, Rita Katz of SITE Intelligence Group has detailed. Since then, neo-Nazis around the world have expressed enthusiasm for the fight."<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/24/american-fighters-ukraine-white-supremacists-00034860</ref>
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On March 7, 2022 DHS issued an intelligence bulletin warning that 3,000 Americans [[mercenaries]] sign up with to fight Ukraine. Th bulletin noted "Ukrainian nationalist groups including the [[Azov movement]] are actively recruiting racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist-[[white supremacist]]s (RMVE-WS) to join various [[neo-Nazi]] battalions in the war against [[Russia]]."<ref>https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=22022879</ref>}}