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The Wargame

Ultimatum | The Wargame Ep 4

The Wargame

Sky News

Society & Culture, Documentary, News

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

A city is on fire. The UK fights back. Russia and Britain both have nuclear weapons. Will either country use them? -Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you? A major five-part series from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-life former ministers, military chiefs and other experts to figure out how to defend the country. Written and presented by Sky News' security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes. Episode 5 will be released on 24th June 2025.

Transcript

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0:00.0

At DFS, we know there are so many places to sit in summer.

0:04.0

Like a beach towel.

0:06.0

A picnic rug.

0:08.0

Gotcha.

0:10.0

Even a flying seat!

0:13.0

But the most important...

0:15.0

is the one you come home to.

0:18.0

And whatever your thing, whether it's relaxing on a recliner, chilling

0:21.9

on a Chesterfield sofa, or simply sinking into a sea of blue velvet. We've got just the thing for

0:27.4

you. DFS. What's your thing? It sounds very realistic. It's both possible and not improbable.

0:39.3

That's the judgement you have to make.

0:41.3

It's a probability that makes things believable.

0:49.3

I've been talking through what happens in the war game with Chris Donnelly,

0:53.3

the veteran Russia expert,

0:55.7

twice targeted by Kremlin hackers.

0:59.6

I wanted to test whether he thinks the scenario is credible.

1:04.2

He does, and he's explaining why.

1:07.3

What most people are not aware of is the fact that had World War 3 started during the Cold War,

1:13.0

not Germany, but the UK would have been the first target.

1:16.0

What do you mean?

1:17.6

The Soviet plan was to launch an air operation against the UK.

1:23.6

Why?

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