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Germany detains woman in Berlin as Starlink sabotage probe widens
German police detained a woman in Berlin who may have driven the two Turkish suspects in the September arson at a Starlink ground station in Poland, the third arrest in a case Warsaw blames on Russian intelligence.
German police have detained a woman in Berlin in connection with the September fire at a Starlink ground station in central Poland, Polish broadcaster RMF FM reported on Tuesday, Oct. 13, citing unnamed sources. It is the third arrest in a case that Warsaw describes as sabotage ordered by Russian intelligence.
According to RMF FM, the woman may have helped with logistics and acted as a driver for the two Turkish citizens detained in Germany a day earlier. Her nationality has not been disclosed. Polish prosecutors will now assess her role and decide whether to seek her extradition. A spokesperson for Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said the agency had coordinated the exchange of information between Polish and German authorities over the arrest of three people.
Two Turkish men await extradition
Poland’s Internal Security Agency said the two Turkish nationals were detained in Germany on Oct. 12 under a European Arrest Warrant and are awaiting transfer to Poland. “When they arrive in Poland, they will be charged with sabotage and subversion commissioned by foreign intelligence,” Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the attack “another act of hybrid warfare” and said those responsible would answer to the Polish justice system.
Polish police chief Marek Boroń said investigators had reconstructed the suspects’ preparations and escape and obtained video footage in a joint operation run through Polish and German liaison officers at Europol and the BKA. “All the evidence we have gathered unequivocally points to a specific act of sabotage,” he said.
A station on Ukraine’s internet route
The fire broke out on the evening of Sept. 23 at a Starlink ground station in Wola Krobowska, in the Masovia region, damaging its power system and backup generator, though the facility remained operational. The station is run by state-owned Exatel and is part of the route carrying internet traffic through Poland to Ukraine, whose military relies on tens of thousands of Starlink terminals. Poland has said it pays for Ukraine’s Starlink subscription.
Prosecutors opened an investigation on Sept. 25 into suspected sabotage and a terrorism-related offense allegedly carried out on behalf of a foreign intelligence service.
Warsaw points at Moscow
“We have no doubt that Russian services are behind this act of sabotage,” said Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland’s minister in charge of special services, adding that Russian intelligence increasingly relies on people linked to the criminal underworld. Moscow has rejected the accusations as baseless. Officials in several EU countries have warned for months that Russia is carrying out sabotage, cyber and other hybrid attacks across Europe to erode support for Ukraine.
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