"Von der Leyen travelling to Bulgaria on Sunday afternoon when it lost all electronic navigational aids whilst it was approaching the capital's airport forcing the pilots to use paper maps. The European Commission President was travelling from Warsaw, Poland to meet with the Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. An official told the Financial Times, "The whole airport area GPS went dark. Assassin who killed top Ukrainian politician arrested "It was undeniable interference.""
"Von der Leyen said, "Putin has not changed, and he will not change. "He is a predator. He can only be kept in check through strong deterrence." In 2024 an RAF aircraft that carrying the then Defence Secretary Grant Shapps was using electronic warfare systems to jam the GPS signal. Russia jammed satellite signal on the RAF aircraft was flying to Poland close to the Russian enclave Kaliningrad."
Ursula von der Leyen's plane lost all electronic navigational aids while approaching Plovdiv, Bulgaria, forcing pilots to use paper maps. The aircraft circled the airport for about an hour before pilots switched to chart navigation. An official said "The whole airport area GPS went dark" and described the event as "undeniable interference." Plovdiv International Airport's GPS is suspected to have been spoofed or jammed, blocking access to navigation systems in a pattern linked to Russian electronic disruption. Von der Leyen stated that Vladimir Putin "has not changed" and called for strong deterrence. Previous incidents included RAF GPS jamming near Kaliningrad and thousands of British flights disrupted in 2024.
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