Starlink ground station in Poland hit by fire in suspected arson attack
Starlink ground station in Poland hit by fire in suspected arson attack
波兰星链地面站遭火灾，疑似纵火袭击
A fire last night at a ground station in Poland used by Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet company, was caused deliberately, says digital affairs minister Krzysztof Gawkowski. The facility is used to provide internet services across the region, including in Ukraine, which relies heavily on Starlink connections. Although the fire is still being investigated, “the modus operandi in this case is clearly Russian”, says Gawkowski.
波兰数字事务部长克日什托夫·加夫科夫斯基（Krzysztof Gawkowski）表示，昨晚波兰境内一个由埃隆·马斯克旗下卫星互联网公司“星链”（Starlink）使用的地面站发生火灾，系人为蓄意纵火。该设施用于为整个地区提供互联网服务，包括严重依赖星链连接的乌克兰。尽管火灾原因仍在调查中，但加夫科夫斯基称：“此案的作案手法显然带有俄罗斯特征。”
Firefighters were called out at around 9 p.m. on Wednesday to the facility, which is located in the village of Wola Krobowska, just south of the capital Warsaw. Due to suspicions that the fire had been caused deliberately, police and officers from the Internal Security Agency (ABW) were also later dispatched to the scene.
周三晚上9点左右，消防员接到报警赶往位于华沙以南沃拉·克罗博夫斯卡（Wola Krobowska）村的该设施。由于怀疑火灾是蓄意造成的，警方和波兰国内安全局（ABW）的官员随后也被派往现场。
“We’re dealing with an arson attack that was intended to impact critical telecommunications infrastructure that influences internet operation,” Gawkowski, who also serves as deputy prime minister, told broadcaster TVN on Thursday morning. In a separate interview with TVP, the minister said that the facility is owned by Polish state telecommunications operator Exatel and “provides internet transmission through Poland, and also to Ukraine”.
身兼副总理职位的加夫科夫斯基周四上午对TVN广播公司表示：“我们正在处理一起旨在影响互联网运行的关键电信基础设施的纵火袭击。”在接受TVP的另一次采访时，部长表示该设施由波兰国有电信运营商Exatel拥有，并“通过波兰向乌克兰提供互联网传输服务”。
Gawkowski told TVN that “the modus operandi in this case is clearly Russian” and “is another element of the hybrid warfare we are facing”. Poland has been one of the primary targets for Russian sabotage operations in Europe, including a series of arson attacks. “The Russians want to paralyse critical infrastructure, cut off water, gas and electricity, paralyse the internet,” said the minister. “All these processes have one goal: to incite panic and stir up emotions.”
加夫科夫斯基告诉TVN，“此案的作案手法显然是俄罗斯式的”，并且“是我们所面临的混合战争的又一个组成部分”。波兰一直是俄罗斯在欧洲进行破坏活动的主要目标之一，包括一系列纵火袭击。部长说：“俄罗斯人想要瘫痪关键基础设施，切断水、气和电力，瘫痪互联网。所有这些过程只有一个目标：煽动恐慌并挑起情绪。”
The spokesman for Poland’s security services, Jacek Dobrzyński, likewise told TVN that “at this stage it is still too early to talk about the causes or motives of this fire”. However, he confirmed that “everything points to arson”. Justice minister Waldemar Żurek also told broadcaster RMF that “this could be an act of sabotage, and we are taking that into account, so nothing can be ruled out here, especially since these are sensitive elements that ensure satellite communications”.
波兰安全部门发言人雅采克·多布任斯基（Jacek Dobrzyński）同样告诉TVN，“现阶段谈论火灾的原因或动机还为时过早”。但他证实，“一切迹象都指向纵火”。司法部长瓦尔德马·祖雷克（Waldemar Żurek）也告诉RMF广播公司：“这可能是一起破坏活动，我们正在考虑这一点，因此不能排除任何可能性，特别是考虑到这些是确保卫星通信的敏感设施。”
Polish news service Defence24 notes that ground stations are used by Starlink to connect its satellite constellation with terrestrial communications infrastructure. The facility in Poland, alongside one in Lithuania, serves the entire Central and Eastern Europe region, including Ukraine.
波兰新闻服务机构Defence24指出，星链利用地面站将其卫星群与地面通信基础设施连接起来。波兰的这一设施与立陶宛的设施一起，服务于包括乌克兰在内的整个中东欧地区。
Earlier this month, a fire broke out at a drone plant in Poland belonging to WB Electronics, which supplies the armed forces of Ukraine and Poland, among others. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that there was “no doubt” the fire was caused deliberately, and that Russia was likely behind it.
本月早些时候，波兰WB Electronics公司的一家无人机工厂发生火灾，该公司为乌克兰和波兰等国的武装部队提供装备。总理唐纳德·图斯克（Donald Tusk）表示，火灾“毫无疑问”是蓄意造成的，且很可能是俄罗斯在背后指使。
The Polish government has in recent months warned that Russia is planning to escalate its hybrid actions against Poland and other countries in the region, including through acts of sabotage, disinformation, and potential airspace and border violations.
波兰政府近几个月来一直警告称，俄罗斯正计划升级针对波兰及该地区其他国家的混合行动，包括通过破坏活动、虚假信息以及潜在的领空和边境侵犯行为。