 Operation Red Metal officially begins on Christmas Eve when a Russian Air Force Su-57 stealth fighter squadron simultaneously shuts down communications across Europe by launching anti-satellite missiles, as GRU "Fancy Bear" hackers penetrate NATO’s communications relays, causing an internet and cellular blackout across Europe.General Sabaneyev then launches the raiding force from Belarus through Poland and into Germany, using the covert assault train Red Blizzard 1 as his mobile headquarters.The Polish Land Forces and TDF are quickly overrun.