# Forged News in Putin's Info Wars

> Military conscripts in Kaliningrad were blamed for a fire, but it was a Western counter-attack simulation.
- Title: Forged News in Putin's Info Wars · EUobserver | Shortify
- Summary: Military conscripts in Kaliningrad were blamed for a fire, but it was a Western counter-attack simulation. A fictional crisis scenario involving Russian…
- Keywords: breaking, kaliningrad, military conscripts, western counter-attack, putin, info wars, baltic international security centre, wargaming lab, ism university, lithuania, russian exclave, mutiny
- Source: EUobserver — https://euobserver.com/242265/forged-news-of-military-conscripts-in-kaliningrad-had-hallmarks-of-a-western-counter-attack-in-putins-info-wars
- Published: 2026-10-12T14:45:35+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: breaking, kaliningrad, military conscripts, western counter-attack, putin, info wars, baltic international security centre, wargaming lab, ism university, lithuania, russian exclave, mutiny
## Kaliningrad Fire Scenario
A lethal plume of toxic smoke was blowing towards us from a blaze at a battery manufacturing plant in Kaliningrad.
## Mutiny and Blame
Troops in the Russian exclave had been ordered to help put the fire out: untrained and under-equipped, they mutinied.
## Western Simulation
The crisis scenarios were hypothetical; the aim was to explore the dilemmas and trade-offs they created.
## Key takeaway

A fictional crisis scenario involving Russian mutineers and Western blame was used to test responses to potential attacks.