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Lithuania Starlink Centre Fire Was Sabotage, Officials Say

Officials described a fire at a Starlink centre in Lithuania as sabotage. The network did not suffer serious damage, according to the report.

BharatVox · 19 October 2026 at 09:30 pm IST

Starlink satellite internet terminal — context photograph; not the reported event — not stated, CC BY 4.0

Officials said a fire at a Starlink centre in Lithuania was sabotage, The New York Times reported on October 19. The fire did not seriously damage the satellite internet network.

The incident followed similar episodes involving the provider in Bulgaria and Poland. Starlink is a key defence tool for Ukraine’s armed forces. Details of the evidence behind the sabotage assessment and the identity of those responsible were not available in the newspaper’s summary.

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