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Lithuania to increase security at critical infrastructure, prime minister says

  • On Monday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius announced increased security at critical infrastructure sites following an attempted arson attack on a Starlink base station near Vilnius on October 18.
  • Lithuanian officials link this fire to previous sabotage incidents at Starlink facilities in Poland and Bulgaria, which Sinkevicius said are part of Russian attempts to disrupt operations and influence Ukrainian military success.
  • Investigators discovered containers of incendiary liquid ranging from three to 10 litres at the Vilnius site. Polish Minister Tomasz Siemoniak warned that "increasingly, Russian intelligence agencies are reaching out to individuals connected to the criminal world."
  • A Bulgarian court approved European arrest warrants for two German suspects accused of sabotaging Starlink antennas near Sofia. Polish authorities separately detained four suspects last week regarding a previous attack on a satellite communications facility.
  • The sabotage attempts target ground-based infrastructure essential for Ukrainian military communications, yet Moscow has formally dismissed accusations of involvement as baseless. These attacks underscore escalating regional tensions amid the ongoing conflict.
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Two German citizens are suspected in the arson of the Starlink station in Bulgaria.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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The two Germans accused of the Starlink attack declared themselves tourists The post Bulgaria: Two Germans wanted for arson on Starlink network antennas appeared first on in.gr.

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A Bulgarian court authorized the issuance of two European arrest warrants from two Germans suspected of burning eight antennas of the Starlink satellite network near the capital of Bulgaria.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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Lithuania's authorities suspect Russia behind sabotage.

·Vienna, Austria
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Lithuania reinforces the physical and technical protection of critical infrastructure after the attempted attack on Starlink equipment.

·Vienna, Austria
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