A fire that broke out on Wednesday evening at a Starlink station in Poland, which engulfed the power supply system and backup generator, was an act of sabotage intended to disrupt internet services, including those used by the Ukrainian military, a Polish minister stated, according to Reuters.
Poland is on heightened alert for possible acts of sabotage from Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine in 2022. Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in such incidents.
“The fire engulfed the power supply station and the generator. It is clear that this act of sabotage was deliberately designed to disable the station, essentially to interrupt the internet connection and disrupt internet access for several institutions, including the Ukrainian military,” said Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski.
He specified that the station in the center of Poland is currently operating under normal conditions. Ukraine has not publicly commented on whether the fire has caused interruptions to internet services on its territory.
Gawkowski said that it has not yet been established who is behind the fire, but “many clues suggest that this falls within Russia’s new attack doctrine.”
“Although everything is currently functioning normally, we must acknowledge, as Prime Minister (Donald) Tusk recently pointed out, that this is an element of hybrid warfare,” he said.
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