Latest unwelcomed remarks by Col. Reisner. Google Webpage Translator triggers the paywall function, unfortunately. I only post the Geman link, therefor.
https://www.cicero.de/aussenpolitik/...benzin-loschen
Col. Markus Reisner is Commander of the Guards Battalion of the Austrian Armed Forces in Vienna. After the outbreak of the Ukraine War, the doctor of history became one of the most sought-after military analysts in German-speaking countries. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Military History Advisory Board of the Science Commission at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence.
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What many do not understand from my point of view: We have a very serious situation and we still don't understand what this may mean, even for the next months and years. It does not help that the Russians are ridiculed, because that does not do justice to the character of the Russian soul. Of course, there may be events like October 1917, or like the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, or the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Historians will then say later that this was completely clear. But now we don't have any indicators of that. On the contrary, we don't have any indicators that would make it more or less foreseeable. It seems to be a very consolidated situation. The "March of Justice" on Moscow was perceived as an opportunity only by us. When at noon of the said day not a single Russian military unit had changed sides and the population was also going about its daily business normally, it was clear: this was not going to be the revolution we had hoped for. Russian strategic culture is historically characterized by the fact that people rally around the tyrant in times of crisis, no matter how brutal he is. But for them, he is a guarantor of survival. This idea does not fit into our world view. That's why we reject it, shaking our heads.
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