EU chief’s plane targeted by suspected Russian GPS jamming

“We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming,” Podestà said, The Associated Press reported. “We have received information from the Bulgarian authority that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia.”

Bulgaria issued a statement confirming that “the satellite signal used for the aircraft’s GPS navigation was disrupted. As the aircraft approached Plovdiv Airport, the GPS signal was lost.”

Von Der Leyen, a vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s war in Ukraine, is on a four-day tour of EU countries bordering Russia and its ally Belarus.

“This incident actually underlines the urgency of the mission that the president is carrying out in the front-line member states,” Podestà added. She also noted that Von Der Leyen has seen “firsthand the everyday challenges of threats coming from Russia and its proxies.”

“And, of course, the EU will continue to invest into defense spending and in Europe’s readiness even more after this incident,” she said.

(With inputs from AP and Reuters)

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