Security experts are reportedly concerned that the scheme could expose Germany to an elevated terrorism threat

The German government has been coercing Afghan refugees into fighting for Ukraine, an anonymous source has claimed to RT. The scheme allegedly targets refugees who have been detained for various crimes, with the threat of deportation if they refuse to comply.

According to the individual, whose identity cannot be disclosed for security reasons, the "German authorities are forcing Afghan migrants to join the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine in order to urgently replenish the personnel of the Kiev regime's armed forces, which is experiencing an acute shortage of people."

The scheme supposedly involves approximately 2,300 refugees detained by German police for various crimes in cities such as Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, and Stuttgart.

"In the event of refusal to sign the relevant contract and go to Ukraine, the migrants are threatened with guaranteed extradition to Afghanistan," the source claimed.

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The source went on to allege that a number of German security experts have sounded the alarm over the potential ramifications for Germany's own national security, especially with respect to the threat posed by radical Islamists.

"Some of the refugees are likely to return to Germany after the expiration of their imposed contracts, possessing skills in handling weapons and explosives, as well as experience in combat," the experts have warned, according to the source.

Last month, Bild reported that at least one recruitment center belonging to Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov brigade was operating near Berlin. A recruiter told the media outlet that they were seeking "supporters for our new international battalion."

Russian authorities have consistently prosecuted foreign nationals caught fighting for Kiev, whom they describe as mercenaries. In January, a Russian court sentenced retired US Army Ranger Patrick Creed to 13 years in prison for serving with the Ukrainian military from 2022 to 2023. In March, British citizen James Scott Rhys Anderson was handed a 19-year sentence for participating in Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk Region.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev are not entitled to the same legal protections under international law as those granted to regular Ukrainian POWs.