What do you think about the Azov battalion's members openly saying they consider themselves actual Nazis?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/10/azov-far-right-fighters-ukraine-neo-nazis

What race are Ukrainians even considered? As far as I know, they're Slavs. And I mean, Hitler deemed slavs sub human, why would they align with Nazism? Not saying it's any better but plain nationalism I think would be more understandable