Lithuania to increase security at critical infrastructure, prime minister says
- On Monday, Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius announced Lithuania will boost security around critical infrastructure sites following an attempted arson attack on a Starlink base station near Vilnius.
- Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of Lithuania's National Crisis Management Centre, said the October 18 fire was treated as Russia-linked sabotage aimed at weakening Ukraine's military communications.
- Investigators discovered containers of incendiary liquid at the scene, though the fire caused minor damage. Sinkevicius noted the company had received prior warnings about potential attacks and increased security beforehand.
- Lithuanian government and security officials met to discuss the situation amid regional anxiety that the war in Ukraine is spilling across NATO's northern borders.
- Moscow has dismissed accusations of involvement as baseless, while Polish authorities previously blamed Russian sabotage for similar attacks, detaining four suspects in that case.
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According to the Bulgarian Public Prosecutor ' s Office, on 9 October, two citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany spent several hours in the country, during which they could set fire at Starlink station under Sofia, and the Court authorized the issuance of a European arrest warrant.
Two 19-year-old Germans were accused of arsonizing eight Starlink antennas near Sofia, and the Bulgarian Public Prosecutor's Office is demanding their arrest and the intelligence services are not ruling out new sabotages.
Two 19-year-olds are said to have set fire to several Starlink antennas in Bulgaria. According to the charges, they come from Germany and fled with a German car. They face several years of imprisonment.
Not only in Poland, but also in Bulgaria, a system of the satellite service Starlink is on fire. Two Germans are suspected of being 19 years old. They face prison sentences of three to twelve years.
Two Germans are suspected of sabotage after an incendiary attack on Starlink antennas near Sofia. Bulgaria issued European arrest warrants. The two 19-year-olds face up to twelve years of imprisonment.
Two Germans are being searched for with a European arrest warrant. They are said to be responsible for an attack on a satellite system from SpaceX in Bulgaria.
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