That description also sounds not quite correct though.
It wasn't the western powers that refused here, it was the Polish government itself. The French actually tried to convince Poland to allow Soviet troops on their territory. The Polish were, rightfully so, worried about Soviet occupation, a fear that came true anyway.
The Soviets collaborated with the fascists, that fact cannot be understated.
Italo-Soviet Pact was in 1933. After the war broke out, the Soviet shipments of raw materials to Germany not only enabled the facist war machine, but actively undermined western sanctions. On top of that, NKVD collaborated with Gestapo and handed over many asylum seekers (including communists) to the Germans.
That Russians today call WWII "The Great Patriotic War" I personally find laughable. IMO there would be significantly less Soviet deaths if Stalin decided to help Poland defend itself in 1939 and joined the western sanctions against Germany.
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