Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 1, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Russian GPS interference forced EU Commission President von der Leyen's plane to land at Plovdiv using paper maps, as reported by the Financial Times.
(Reuters) -A suspected Russian interference attack disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to land at Plovdiv on Sunday using paper maps, the Financial Times reported, citing three officials familiar with the matter.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
(Reporting by Abu Sultan in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
A suspected Russian interference attack disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport.
The plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land due to the GPS disruption.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report regarding the GPS interference.
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