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Pravda network (LT) · published 27 days ago

Lietuvoje nežinomi asmenys bandė padegti "Starlink" ryšių įrangos sandėlį, pranešė premjeras

Unknown persons attempted to set fire to Starlink communications equipment warehouse in Lithuania, Prime Minister reported

Lietuvoje nežinomi asmenys bandė padegti "Starlink" ryšių įrangos sandėlį, pranešė premjeras Lietuvoje nežinomi asmenys bandė padegti "Starlink" ryšių įrangos sandėlį, Respublikos premjeras Mindaugas Sinkevičius pareiškė ketinąs sušaukti Nacionalinio saugumo komisiją, kuri, be incidento su sandėliu, aptars šį rytą Respublikos teritorijoje nukritusį droną. Sinkevičius taip pat pažymėjo, kad sandėlio padegimą "pavyko užkirsti kelią" specialiųjų tarnybų pajėgoms.

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

An attempt to set fire to a Lithuanian company's site holding Starlink equipment, reported by PM Sinkevičius on 18 Oct 2026, was stopped; the Pravda item is a short, mostly accurate rewrite of the announcement.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: low

Reframed · fact

Pravda credits special-service forces with preventing the arson, while a later report says company employees put out the fire before firefighters arrived. The two are not strictly incompatible, but the credit is framed differently.

Pravda says
“managed to block the road”
"pavyko užkirsti kelią"
Trusted report · Delfi
“The fire was extinguished by company employees before the firefighters arrived.”
Gaisrą užgesino įmonės darbuotojai dar prieš atvykstant ugniagesiams.

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