NEW: An estimated 20,000 foreigners expressed interest in becoming #foreignfighters in #Ukraine -including some extremists" since #Russia invaded but evidence suggests "only a fraction...actually did so" per a new report by @FightExtremism & @KacperRekawek
#Ukraine #foreignfighter number "ranges from merely several hundreds to a few thousand" per @FightExtremism report "This is dwarfed by tens of thousands of Ukrainian volunteers who joined units in Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Force (TDF)"
Per @FightExtremism report, at least 2 violence-oriented foreign extremists who traveled to #Ukraine "have been killed in the latest round of hostilities"
"Both were on the pro-#Russia side, including one who was a left-wing extremist"
"Both were on the pro-#Russia side, including one who was a left-wing extremist"
.@FightExtremism report looked at "far-right and right-wing extremist scenes" in:
-#UnitedStates
-#Canada
-#Spain
-#Italy
-#France
-#Germany
-#Poland
"The current conflict has not led to a significant flow of extremists to the war zone" in #Ukraine
-#UnitedStates
-#Canada
-#Spain
-#Italy
-#France
-#Germany
-#Poland
"The current conflict has not led to a significant flow of extremists to the war zone" in #Ukraine
"There is a lot of discussion & debate among extremists, but very few have traveled to #Ukraine" per @FightExtremism report
"For example, about 30 [far-right/right-wing] from #Germany & #France seem to have traveled" to #Ukraine, per @FightExtremism report
"In other cases, such as with #Canada, hardly anyone from the local far- right and right-wing extremist milieus appears to have made the trip"
"In other cases, such as with #Canada, hardly anyone from the local far- right and right-wing extremist milieus appears to have made the trip"
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