Lithuania to increase security at critical infrastructure, prime minister says

VILNIUS, Oct ‌19 (Reuters) - Lithuania ​will ​boost the security around critical infrastructure sites, ‌its prime minister said on ⁠Monday, following an attempted arson ‌attack on a Starlink ‌base station on the outskirts of Vilnius that authorities ​said was sabotage linked to Russia.

Lithuanian government and ⁠security officials met to discuss the situation ​following a suspected drone explosion and Sunday's Starlink incident ​amid concerns in ‌the region that the war in Ukraine is ⁠spilling across NATO's northern borders.

"We agreed to increase the level ⁠of preparedness at critical infrastructure objects ​which are important to the country... we will devote a larger number ‌of forces and more attention to the ‌objects," Prime Minister Mindaugas ⁠Sinkevicius said on ‌Monday.

(Reporting by ​Andrius Sytas, editing by Louise Rasmussen and Terje ‌Solsvik)

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