Polish officials said Monday that two Turkish citizens were arrested in Germany in connection with a fire last month at a Starlink station in Poland.
The Starlink satellite internet service is widely used by the military in Poland’s neighbor Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.
Officials from several EU countries have warned of increasing Russian sabotage, cyberattacks and hybrid attacks across Europe, aimed either at eroding support for Ukraine or directly impacting Ukraine.
Polish authorities have not said exactly where or when the two men are believed to have been detained in Germany.
What did Poland say about the arrests and this case?
Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski reported the arrests on Monday, followed shortly after by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“On behalf of Polish services, German police arrested two Turkish citizens suspected of setting fire to a Starlink station in Mazovia,” he said on social media. “This is a new act of hybrid warfare. The perpetrators of the sabotage will answer before Polish justice.”
Mazovia is the province that includes the Polish capital Warsaw, not far from Poland’s eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine.
Poland accuses Russia of being responsible for the incident
Polish Special Services Minister Tomasz Siemoniak claimed that Russia was behind the incident.
He also told a press conference that “it should be added that Russian services are increasingly turning to individuals linked to “the underworld” for such attacks.
Russia generally dismisses European allegations of hybrid warfare or systemic sabotage as anti-Russian hysteria or disinformation.
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Edited by: Wesley Rahn
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