I read with some astonishment that as late as 1944, when everything was falling apart for Germany, they had Russians, Ukranians, et al STILL volunteering to fight the Communists. I understand that there were many German officers who promoted the use of these people but the Nazis were afraid of having so many of them under arms.
[Sidebar] My dad worked at a Seaman's YMCA during WWII and told us that the sailors were reporting these volunteers were trying to commit suicide in various ways upon learning they would be "repatriated" back to Russia. In our naivete, we thought it was because they didn't want to live under Communism, when in reality, they knew they were headed for the Gulags.
I had read that Soviet prisoners that we (USA) had liberated were being repatriated from New York. Upon hearing they were going back they rioted and started tearing apart the ship until they were told they wouldn’t go. They were then fed soup (drugged) and once they were all asleep they put to sea and were under guard the entire trip.
Politically we had to or else Stalin wouldn’t send ours back that the Soviets had freed.