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September 1, 2025 | 07:26 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The European Commission said connected Monday that its president, Ursula von der Leyen, was en way to Bulgaria erstwhile her level faced deliberate GPS jamming.
"We tin corroborate determination was GPS jamming but the level landed safe," said Arianna Podesta, a committee spokeswoman.
Von der Leyen's level landed successful Plovdiv airdrome and she is continuing her planned circuit of EU countries bordering Russia and Belarus, Podesta said.
The EU main arrived successful Bulgaria connected Sunday and met with Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov to sermon European information and defence issues.
Russia Suspected of ‘Blatant Interference'
The committee spokesperson said the EU received accusation from Bulgarian authorities that "they fishy this blatant interference was carried retired by Russia."
"We are good alert that threats and intimidation are a regular constituent of Russia's hostile actions," the spokeswoman added.
"And, of course, the EU volition proceed to put into defence spending and successful Europe's readiness adjacent much aft this incident."
Separately, Bulgaria issued a connection saying that "the outer awesome utilized for the aircraft's GPS navigation was disrupted."
"As the craft approached Plovdiv Airport, the GPS awesome was lost," the connection said.
The Financial Times reported that the level had to stay successful the aerial for astir an hr longer than planned owed to the GPS malfunction. The aviator reportedly decided to onshore manually successful the metropolis of Plovdiv utilizing analogue maps.
The airdrome successful Bulgaria's second-largest metropolis is utilized by low-cost airlines and for charter flights.
Western officials person agelong accused Moscow of waging "hybrid warfare" against European countries, including cyber attacks and acts of espionage and sabotage.
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