Overview
- In overnight actions at Jungfernheide station, troops fought through a tunnel, detained mock saboteurs and evacuated multiple “wounded” in a low-visibility scenario.
- The company-level exercise runs through Friday across Berlin and Brandenburg, with training also at the police “Fighting City” in Ruhleben and a former chemical works in Rüdersdorf.
- The unit is rehearsing tasks to secure federal institutions in a tension or defense scenario, with Oberstleutnant Maik Teichgräber stressing readiness for the worst case.
- Officials said no live ammunition was used and Berlin’s transit operator reported no planned closures or service disruptions.
- The drills follow warnings from Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and NATO officials about hybrid threats since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as the largely ceremonial unit shifts further toward territorial defense roles.