“After a year of war, no one has achieved their goals,” Colonel Berthold Sandtner sums up the situation in Ukraine. The end is not yet in sight, on the contrary: “Russia is preparing for a longer confrontation”, the fact that it is now going to supply main battle tanks is a logical consequence: “We have pushed the red line further and further”, he analyzes in a live talk with Conny Winiwarter.
They approached it very carefully and “always waited to see how Russia would react”. Then you always went one step further. “First we only supplied ammunition, then rifles, then anti-aircraft systems” – and now main battle tanks, although these were “a red border” for a very long time.
Waiting for main battle tanks “plays into Russia’s hands”
The decision has been made, but “it will take a while” before the tanks can be deployed in Ukraine. Reformatting and tactically training soldiers for this “takes six months or more.” In addition, there is the technical dimension: logistics, rescue equipment, garages, ammunition, tools – “everything must be secured”.
US as “security provider”
In fact, the US did not want to supply any tanks at all. The trend break last week. “The US has a security policy interest in every geopolitical direction,” Sandtner explains the change of heart. In addition, the US often saw itself in the role of a “security supplier” – this is how it entered both World War I and World War II. “Since then they have been considered an essential protective force,” Colonel Sandtner said.
Will the “security provider” now also cross the red line of fighter jet deliveries? Sandtner: “That’s very unrealistic at the moment.” You would need them, but the training and infrastructure are “worlds more complicated” than with main battle tanks.
Russia launches “militarization of society”
From a military-strategic point of view, the fact that Russia is introducing mandatory military training from the fall makes sense to Sandtner: “You can see that Russia is preparing for a longer conflict.” at the very bottom.” : “In Europe in the 1938s it was exactly the same in Germany.”
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There is no danger of a world war: “An escalation across borders is not interesting”. In the unlikely event of a riot breaking out, we would hardly be able to handle it from a military point of view, but “we are in the comfortable position of being right in the middle of it”. is intended to remedy the situation.
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