The prime minister’s remarks on Sunday were made at public broadcaster LRT and followed a suspected sabotage attempt targeting a facility in Lithuania that handles operations for the Starlink satellite system, AFP reports.
Sinkevicius said the company, whose location has not been disclosed, houses “nine satellite antennas that guarantee connectivity to Starlink - which in turn supports Ukraine”:
It is clear that this is part of the hybrid war Russia is waging, which involves sabotage.
Flammable substances
The prime minister said the incident was being investigated, that flammable substances had been found at the scene and that further information would be forthcoming.
But the investigators have likely already identified (the culprit): it is the Russian side.
The heightened tone from Vilnius came as residents of Latvia and Lithuania were urged to be vigilant because of drone threats.
A drone, or parts of one, crashed outside Pasvalys in northern Lithuania on Sunday. NATO aircraft in Latvia took off to investigate the suspected threat before it disappeared from radar. The Latvian military believes the craft “exploded on its own,” Euronews reports.
Near Lublin
Poland also raised the alarm about an aircraft entering its airspace. A drone is believed to have crashed near the city of Lublin, close to the border with Ukraine.
The origin of the suspected drone is unknown. Ukrainian drone attacks took place overnight in the area around St. Petersburg in Russia, north of the Baltics.
On previous similar occasions, Ukrainian drones have gone astray in Baltic airspace while flying towards targets in Russia.
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