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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ben Makuch

Neo-Nazis in the US no longer see backing Ukraine as a worthy cause

People hold flags with swastikas
Christopher Pohlhaus leads a rally with neo-Nazi groups Blood Tribe and Goyim Defense League in Orlando, Florida, on 2 September 2023. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Two years into the war in Ukraine, once a destination for American extremists, many within the underground far-right movement in the US are avidly disavowing it and advising followers to stay away. Extremists now see the upcoming election year as tailor-made for activism on the home front.

At the outset of the war, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an intelligence bulletin that far-right American extremists were heading to the conflict and could use it to hone terrorist skills to bring back stateside.

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