EU says von der Leyen's plane GPS system was jammed

1/9/2025 19:43

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, confirming earlier media reports.



"We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming, but the plane landed safely in Bulgaria. We have received information from the Bulgarian authorities that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia," the spokesperson said.



The Russian government did not immediately reply to a request for comment.



The EU gave no further details, but the spokesperson said the incident would reinforce the bloc's "unshakable commitment to ramp up defence capabilities and support for Ukraine" against Russia's three-and-a-half-year-old invasion.