The intended size of the army, encompassing all the Ukrainian units subordinate to Oberkommando des Heeres was 220,000.

On May 7, under his influence, the division – located in Western Austria by this time, after slowly moving from Slovenia (February 1945) – withdrew further from Red Army forces.

The UNA soldiers were interned in Northern Italy, in the area controlled by Polish II Corps forces.

Shandruk and the bulk of his forces managed to remain in the West, with many of the former UNA soldiers joining the French Foreign Legion.

Other groups, splintered, either surrendered to the Soviet or the Western Allies, facing repatriation, with several hundred interned in Switzerland.