On December 1, 2025, the German newspaper Die Welt, in collaboration with the German Centre for War Studies at the University of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg, organized a comprehensive war game involving retired military commanders, former high-ranking international officials, diplomats, and security experts. Participants were tasked with stepping into the roles of top decision-makers in Germany, NATO, Russia, and the United States to navigate a crisis scenario involving Ukraine, Russia, and NATO forces. The scenario unfolds following a forced peace agreement for Ukraine and includes Russian military drills in Belarus, with an ensuing attack on a NATO member nation purportedly justified by a fabricated video of German soldiers abusing Russian-speaking teenagers in Lithuania.