{"id":1844922,"date":"2025-09-02T07:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844922"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:08:21","slug":"suspected-russian-gps-interference-affects-european-commission-presidents-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/09\/suspected-russian-gps-interference-affects-european-commission-presidents-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Russian GPS Interference Affects European Commission President’s Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Russia is suspected of engaging in GPS jamming that disrupted the navigation systems of a plane carrying European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on a flight to Plovdiv, Bulgaria: BBC News<\/a>, The Guardian<\/a><\/em>, Reuters<\/a>. It\u2019s the latest incident in which Russia has been accused of jamming or spoofing GPS signals in nearby states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously: The Russians Are Spoofing! The Russians Are Spoofing!<\/a>; Russia Accused of Jamming Civilian Flights\u2019 GPS<\/a>; CBC News on Russian GPS Jamming<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia is suspected of engaging in GPS jamming that disrupted the navigation systems of a plane carrying European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on a flight to Plovdiv, Bulgaria: BBC News, The Guardian, Reuters.… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-09-02T11:08:24+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lxty2vubt42i","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lxty2vubt42i\",\"cid\":\"bafyreifsxng6qacz3vdaqovf74o777esz44dxlu7kuc4hvf3ybd3pjaxf4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreicwpcftcor5fex6wfm2nrua5qvci2xcexhltl4o6kcxez22v55bdm\",\"rev\":\"3lxty2vujn42i\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[1750,1333,585],"class_list":["post-1844922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-gps","tag-bulgaria","tag-gps-spoofing","tag-russia","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1830673,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/05\/russia-accused-of-jamming-civilian-flights-gps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844922,"position":0},"title":"Russia Accused of Jamming Civilian Flights\u2019 GPS","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 May 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"BBC News: \u201cRussia is causing disruption to satellite navigation systems affecting thousands of civilian flights, experts say. 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