Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland
14.10.2026, 20:51 Uhr
2026年10月14日，20:51
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed on Wednesday that there had been a fire at a facility of the Starlink satellite internet service near the capital Sofia last week.
保加利亚总理鲁门·拉德夫周三证实，上周在首都索非亚附近的一处星链（Starlink）卫星互联网服务设施发生了火灾。
Two young men holding German passports have been taken into custody in connection with the suspected attack, Bulgarian media later reported, citing investigators.
据保加利亚媒体援引调查人员的消息报道，两名持有德国护照的年轻人因涉嫌此次袭击已被拘留。
The satellite network is a strategically important part of Ukraine’s defence in the war against Russia’s invasion.
该卫星网络是乌克兰在抵御俄罗斯入侵的战争中具有战略重要性的一部分。
The fire had previously been made public by the pro-Western opposition alliance Democratic Bulgaria (DB). Radev said he would not provide any further details in light of the ongoing investigations.
此前，亲西方的反对派联盟“民主保加利亚”（DB）已将火灾公之于众。拉德夫表示，鉴于调查正在进行中，他不会提供任何进一步的细节。
According to DB, 11 of 17 antennas at a Starlink facility near Sofia were deliberately set on fire on October 9. The antennas were used in the war in Ukraine, DB said.
据“民主保加利亚”称，10月9日，索非亚附近一处星链设施中的17根天线中有11根被蓄意纵火。该联盟表示，这些天线被用于乌克兰战争。
Pro-Western opposition parties said they suspected Russia was linked to the attack.
亲西方的反对党表示，他们怀疑俄罗斯与此次袭击有关。
Two men aged 20 and 21, both holding German passports, were detained in Bulgaria on Monday in connection with the suspected attack, several Bulgarian media outlets reported on Wednesday evening, citing investigators.
据多家保加利亚媒体周三晚间援引调查人员的消息报道，两名分别为20岁和21岁、均持有德国护照的男子因涉嫌此次袭击于周一在保加利亚被捕。
According to the news outlet Faktor.bg, the two suspects have migrant backgrounds and had legally entered Bulgaria from Greece through the Kulata border crossing.
据新闻媒体Faktor.bg报道，这两名嫌疑人具有移民背景，是通过库拉塔（Kulata）边境口岸从希腊合法进入保加利亚的。
The website reported that investigators were examining whether the suspects belonged to a larger sabotage network potentially linked to two men arrested in Germany earlier this week over a recent attack on a Starlink facility in Poland.
该网站报道称，调查人员正在核查这些嫌疑人是否属于一个更大的破坏网络，该网络可能与本周早些时候在德国被捕的两名男子有关，这两人涉嫌近期对波兰的一处星链设施发动了袭击。
Bulgarian officials stressed that the Starlink facility near Sofia was privately owned.
保加利亚官员强调，索非亚附近的星链设施属于私人所有。
Bulgarian Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev told parliament that additional security measures had been introduced at similar facilities, even though responsibility for their protection rested with their owners.
保加利亚内政部长伊万·德梅尔吉耶夫告诉议会，尽管保护设施的责任在于其所有者，但已在类似设施中采取了额外的安全措施。
Plamen Tonchev, head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (DANS), said he believed the fire at the Starlink facility was an act of sabotage.
保加利亚国家安全局（DANS）局长普拉门·通切夫表示，他认为星链设施的火灾是一起破坏活动。
“Such acts of sabotage cannot be ruled out in the future either,” he warned lawmakers.
他警告议员们说：“未来也不能排除此类破坏行为的可能性。”
A fire also broke out at a Starlink ground terminal south of Warsaw on September 23.
9月23日，华沙南部的一个星链地面终端也发生了火灾。
Two suspected saboteurs accused of carrying out that attack in Poland were arrested on Tuesday in Nürtingen, near Stuttgart in south-western Germany.
两名被指控在波兰实施该袭击的嫌疑破坏者于周二在德国西南部斯图加特附近的尼尔廷根被捕。
The government in Warsaw suspects Russian intelligence services were behind the attack.
华沙政府怀疑俄罗斯情报部门是此次袭击的幕后黑手。