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Russia accused of jamming GPS system on plane carrying EU's top leader
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A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was temporarily blocked from landing in Bulgaria due to what Bulgarian authorities say was Russian GPS jamming.
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Ursula von der Leyen's flight en route to Bulgaria was targeted with navigation interference, which the EU says was possibly deliberately done by Russia.
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A plane carrying the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted by GPS navigation jamming while trying to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, a spokesperson for the commission told CNN.
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by radar jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane landed safely at Plovdiv airport. President Von der Leyen, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s war in Ukraine, is on a four-day tour of European Union nations bordering Russia and Belarus.
Von der Leyen, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s war in Ukraine, is on a four-day tour of the EU nations bordering Russia.
A spokeswoman for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accused Russia of jamming her plane's GPS systems while flying over Bulgaria before she landed safely on Monday.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, denied claims that Russia jammed the GPS system onboard European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's jet.
The plane landed safely and Ursula von der Leyen will continue her planned tour of the European Union’s nations bordering Russia and Belarus, a spokesperson said.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was hit by GPS jamming in what her spokesperson said was a suspected Russian operation. Von der Leyen landed safely in Bulgaria and was expected to resume her planned trip to front-line European countries.
The GPS system of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's airplane was jammed while en route on Sunday to Bulgaria, where it landed safely, an EU spokesperson said on Monday.
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was temporarily blocked from landing in Bulgaria due to what Bulgarian authorities say was Russian GPS jamming.
The incident with Ursula von der Leyen’s plane is the latest in a series involving suspected Russian electronic interference with GPS satellite navigation.
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday.
"We can confirm there was GPS jamming, but the plane landed safe," European Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta confirmed for the Kyiv Independent.
Bulgarian authorities aren't investigating a suspected Russian interference operation involving a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen because they say the interference is now common.
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