Russian interference suspected in GPS jamming of EU leader's plane above Bulgaria
Posted on: Sep 01, 2025 18:48 IST | Posted by: Cbc
A skim carrying European charge chairman Ursula von der Leyen was come to by GPS electronic jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday.
The plane landed safely in Plovdiv airport and von der Leyen will continue her planned tour of the European Union's nations bordering Russia and Belarus, said the commission's spokesperson Arianna Podesta.
"We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming," said Podesta. "We have received information from the Bulgarian authority that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia."
The Russian government did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
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 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," Podesta said.
She said that von der Leyen has seen "first-hand the everyday challenges of threats coming from Russia and its proxies."
"And, of course, the EU will continue to invest into defence spending and in Europe's readiness even more after this incident," she said.
Bulgaria issued a statement saying that "the satellite signal used for the aircraft's GPS navigation was disrupted. As the aircraft approached Plovdiv Airport, the GPS signal was lost."
Air traffic controllers then switched to ground-based navigation systems to ensure a safe landing, according to the statement.
Von der Leyen was scheduled to address a news conference around 2:30 GMT in Romania.
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