I have the highest regard for the average Red Army soldier (who didn’t rape and pillage across Germany, that is)
He had no say in who his leaders were, they were fighting for the “Rodina”.
Even those that raped and pillaged had cause. I would guess many of them had their mothers, sisters, and wives who were innocent devastated, and their view of Nazi collaborators was pretty low. And pretty much every German was a Nazi collaborator.
I can’t imagine the mental state.