Lithuanian PM reports unsuccessful arson attempt targeting Starlink equipment storage site
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The Prime Minister of Lithuania stated that there was an attempt to set fire to a company in the country that stores Starlink equipment (Photo: x.com/fedorovmykhailo)
Unidentified individuals attempted to set fire to a facility storing Starlink communications equipment in Lithuania overnight, but the attack failed, Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said on Facebook on Oct. 18.
According to him, the sabotage attempt failed because the company had stepped up security measures after authorities warned of possible attacks.
Also overnight on Oct. 18, debris from an unidentified drone was found in Lithuania. Fighter jets were scrambled after the drone was detected, but they were unable to shoot it down because of weather conditions.
The prime minister called a meeting of the National Security Commission for Oct. 19.
"We need to determine where the drone came from and where it was first detected by radar. The findings of the services examining the debris will also be important. We will also consider granting the services additional powers to neutralize drones," Sinkevičius said.
Starlink terminal arson attack in Poland
On Sept. 24, Polish Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said Polish authorities believed a Sept. 23 fire at a Starlink ground station, which provides satellite communications services to Ukraine, among other users, may have been an act of sabotage.
He added that although Russia's responsibility for the fire had not been established, "many indications suggest that this is consistent with Russia's new doctrine of attack."
On Sept. 25, Polish National Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Przemysław Nowak said police were investigating the fire at the Starlink facility in Wola Krobowska as an act of sabotage and a terrorist offense carried out on behalf of a foreign intelligence service.
On Oct. 12, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the arrest in Germany of two Turkish nationals suspected of setting fire to the Starlink station in Wola Krobowska at Poland's request.
Polish National Police Chief Marek Boroń said investigators had established how the crime was prepared and how the suspects fled the scene. Investigators also secured recordings that could corroborate their actions. Boroń stressed that the evidence collected pointed to a deliberate act of sabotage.
On Oct. 14, Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported that Polish police had detained two Turkish nationals suspected of involvement in the suspected sabotage at the Starlink station in Wola Krobowska in late September but released them after concluding they were not involved in the arson attack.
At least one of the men provided false personal information, giving an incorrect date of birth.
After their release, the men took a taxi to Warsaw while wearing "wet and dirty clothes." An analysis of a recording of their conversation obtained by the taxi driver showed that the men discussed an "operation," a "base" and a "satellite."
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