Poland says a middle-of-the-night blaze at a key Starlink hub was no accident. Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski says the Wednesday night fire at the state-owned station in central Poland was a deliberate "act of sabotage" aimed at disrupting internet access for institutions including the Ukrainian military, the BBC reports. He said "many indications suggest" the attack aligns with a "new Russian doctrine" of hybrid attacks. The site, which uses SpaceX's Starlink network, is still functioning; the Kremlin has not commented.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he dislikes "labeling something as sabotage versus an accident without 100% certainty, but it looks bad." The Ukrainian military, which relies on tens of thousands of Starlink terminals, did not say whether there were any disruptions on its side, Reuters reports. This is the latest in a long line of suspected Russian hybrid attacks, which the New York Times describes as "hostile actions that are designed to evade culpability, and that generally stop just short of inflicting enough damage to trigger a forceful response."
Denmark's intelligence service warned Thursday of a likely uptick in Russian hybrid operations and a "low but growing" risk of limited military action against NATO countries. Security experts are calling for a NATO-wide response level to such attacks, but some European officials say sending more military aid to Ukraine is the best way to counter Russia, the Times reports. "This is the message: Regardless of your actions, Russia, we will support Ukraine even more," says Lt. Gen. Krzysztof Krol, assistant to the chief of staff of Poland's armed forces. At the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin "is 'Patient Zero,' the one from whom war keeps spreading further."
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