新画面显示,本月初立陶宛境内的星链设备被纵火焚毁的惊险瞬间。
New footage shows the dramatic moment when Starlink equipment in Lithuania was set alight earlier this month.
燃烧瓶和易燃液体被用于袭击位于维尔纽斯的一家数据中心公司,该公司安装了星链基础设施。
Molotov cocktails and flammable liquids were used to target a data-centre company in Vilnius where Starlink infrastructure is installed.
星链被北约国家使用,其军用级版本“星盾”对乌克兰的战争努力至关重要,在那里它被用于促进战场通信、实施无人机袭击以及阻止俄罗斯打击。
Starlink is used by Nato countries, and Starshield, the military-grade version, is crucial to the war effort in Ukraine, where it is used to facilitate battlefield communications, carry out drone attacks, and stop Russian strikes.
新画面显示,随着燃烧瓶被投向天线和控制单元,发生了多次爆炸并引发大火。
New footage shows multiple explosions and a fire breaking out as Molotov cocktails are thrown at antennas and a control unit.
立陶宛国家危机管理中心负责人表示,保安发现火情后大火被迅速扑灭,星链服务未受影响。
The head of Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Centre said the fire was extinguished quickly after a security guard spotted the flames, and that Starlink services were not disrupted.
波兰总理唐纳德·图斯克将本国发生的一起类似事件描述为“另一起混合战争行为”。立陶宛总理明道加斯·辛凯维丘斯表示,此次袭击是东欧地区针对星链设施纵火事件模式的一部分。
Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, described a similar incident in his country as ‘another act of hybrid warfare’ Mindaugas Sinkevičius, the Lithuanian prime minister, said the attack was part of a pattern of arson incidents involving Starlink facilities across Eastern Europe.
两名居住在德国、年龄均在20岁出头的男子因立陶宛这起火灾被控恐怖主义相关罪名。一人持有德国和土耳其双重国籍,另一人持有德国和塞尔维亚双重国籍,此前曾因保加利亚要求、针对另一起星链基础设施纵火袭击的单独调查而被拘留。
Two men in their early 20s who live in Germany have been charged with terrorism-related offences in relation to the Lithuanian fire. One holds German and Turkish citizenship, while the other holds German and Serbian citizenship and had previously been detained, at Bulgaria’s request, over a separate investigation into an arson attack on Starlink infrastructure.
立陶宛刑警局副局长绍柳斯·布里吉纳斯对记者表示:“他们与立陶宛没有任何联系,是专程来此实施犯罪的。这不是自发性犯罪。他们清楚知道要去哪里、打算做什么,并提前做好了准备。” 东欧各地已调查过类似事件,并将其归咎于克里姆林宫支持的旨在削弱乌克兰军事能力的行动。
Saulius Briginas, the deputy head of the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, told reporters: “They have no ties to Lithuania, and came here to commit this crime. This was not a spontaneous crime. They knew exactly where they were going and what they intended to do, and they prepared for it in advance.”Similar incidents have been investigated across Eastern Europe and blamed on Kremlin-backed operations aimed at undermining Ukraine’s military capabilities.
波兰总理唐纳德·图斯克将波兰中部一座星链基站发生的火灾描述为“另一起混合战争行为”,而在保加利亚,数根用于连接星链卫星网络的天线被纵火焚毁。
A fire at a Starlink station in central Poland was described as “another act of hybrid warfare” by Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, and in Bulgaria, several antennae used to connect to the Starlink satellite network were set on fire.
莫斯科此前曾表示,关于俄方关联实施针对星链设施破坏活动的指控毫无根据。
Moscow has previously said that accusations of Russian-linked acts of sabotage carried out on Starlink facilities were baseless.