Poland, Bulgaria, now Lithuania: Russia’s suspected arson campaign reaches a third Starlink site serving Ukraine
Lithuanian officials said the night attack was foiled, and the prime minister said he believes the people behind it are already known.
Russian-backed arson targeted a third Starlink site serving Ukraine in Lithuania overnight, according to Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius. Guards thwarted the fire attempt, which came just after midnight, and security services had previously warned the company about possible attacks. The company houses nine Starlink satellite antennas for Ukraine, with fuel canisters and a control unit damaged in the suspected arson.
Lithuania's Police Commissioner General Arūnas Paulauskas stated that no suspects were detained, and the minimal damage allowed the company to continue operating. A pretrial investigation is underway. Moments later, an unidentified object crossed northern Lithuania from Poland, with possible fragments found in the Pasvalys district near the Latvian border.
NATO jets were unable to identify the object. Meanwhile, Poland is paying a significant portion of the service for Ukraine's drone units and front-line troops. In September, a fire destroyed a Starlink ground station in Wola Krobowska, Poland, with Germany detaining two Turkish nationals on 12 October and blaming Russian intelligence. In Bulgaria, masked intruders burned 11 of 17 Starlink antennas near Sofia earlier this month.
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