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Russia rejects accusations over EU plane jamming as fake
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Posted on September 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Russia denies jamming EU President's plane GPS, calling the allegations fake. EU suspects interference during a flight to Bulgaria.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -Russian foreign ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that allegations about Russia being behind jamming the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's airplane were fake and paranoia.
An EU spokesperson had said the GPS system of von der Leyen's airplane was jammed while en route on Sunday to Bulgaria, adding that Russian interference was suspected.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Olesya Astakhova; Editing by Kim Coghill)
Maria Zakharova stated that the allegations of Russia being behind the jamming of the GPS system are unfounded and should be considered fake.
The accusations arose after an EU spokesperson reported that the GPS system of Ursula von der Leyen's airplane was jammed while en route to Bulgaria.
An EU spokesperson reported the jamming incident, suggesting that Russian interference was suspected.
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