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WELT Releases Russia–NATO Crisis Wargame Exposing Readiness Gaps

The project turns a normally closed wargame public to strengthen decision-making for greater readiness.

In einem Wargame der „Welt“ werden hybride Angriffe auf deutsche Infrastruktur simuliert.
Was hat der Kreml vor? Die fiktive „Bundesregierung“ simuliert eine Krisensitzung
Peter Tauber, in the wargame the German chancellor, and Alexander Gabuev as Russian president
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Overview

  • In new podcast episodes and reports, WELT publishes the opening phases of a simulation set on October 27, 2026, featuring Russian pressure on Lithuania and a purported corridor to Kaliningrad.
  • The scenario layers disinformation and cyber disruption, including fake videos targeting Bundeswehr troops and widespread banking outages in Germany.
  • The exercise, run with the German Wargaming Center in December 2025, used former decision-makers and experts to play the German government and the Kremlin.
  • Findings highlight surveillance shortfalls over the Baltics for NATO and previously identified Bundeswehr vulnerabilities, including the 45th Panzerbrigade’s revealing electronic communications footprint.
  • The release tees up further material, with an Ernstfall Pass launching February 7 and a February 11 subscriber Q&A with Franz‑Stefan Gady and Roderich Kiesewetter.