A fire at a Starlink satellite internet facility near Sofia on October 9 destroyed or damaged 11 of 17 antennas, which officials and a pro‑Western opposition group described as deliberate sabotage. The network is a strategically important part of Ukraine’s defence. Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed the incident but withheld details because of ongoing investigations; opposition Democratic Bulgaria first publicized the blaze. Bulgarian authorities noted the site is privately owned, and Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said extra security measures were ordered for similar installations while the head of the State Agency for National Security, Plamen Tonchev, called the incident an act of sabotage and warned further attacks cannot be ruled out.
Investigators have detained two men in Bulgaria - aged 20 and 21 and holding German passports - who reportedly entered legally from Greece and are being questioned about possible links to a wider sabotage network. Authorities are probing connections to two suspects arrested in Nürtingen, Germany, over an earlier attack on a Starlink ground terminal south of Warsaw on September 23; Poland has accused Russian intelligence of involvement in that strike. Bulgarian media say investigators are exploring whether the detainees belong to a larger cell targeting Starlink infrastructure across Europe.
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