US militants traveling to Ukraine in order to join the fight against Russian forces are reportedly being interrogated at airports across the country by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a division of the Department of Homeland Security.
The agency is concerned about “violent extremist white supremacists” returning home with battlefield experience, according to an unclassified intelligence bulletin obtained by the government watchdog group People’s Property last week and cited by Politico.
The bulletin was prepared by the CBP and titled ‘United States Citizens Joining the Fight for Ukraine’ and is dated March 7, just over a week after Russia launched its military offensive.
The document shows that the US government has been gathering information about Americans who had attempted to travel to Ukraine and continues to monitor their activity after they returned back home.
US citizens, including those with previous service in American security services, will “continue to attempt to depart the US with the intention of fighting alongside the international legion of territorial defense of Ukraine to fight in the armed conflict against the Russians,” the report states.