What has Poland observed over the Baltic Sea?

Poland has been observing GPS disruptions over the Baltic Sea, which Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz suggested could be related to Russian actions.

What incidents have been reported due to GPS malfunctions?

Reports include private drones flying away in unknown directions and a flight being redirected due to navigation problems.

How have NATO allies responded to these disruptions?

NATO allies, including countries in the Baltic states and Nordic countries, have also observed similar GPS disruptions in the region.

What is the connection between these disruptions and Russia?

Polish officials believe that the GPS disruptions may be a response from Russia to NATO's Baltops exercises and possibly linked to sabotage actions.

What other incidents have occurred in the Baltic region since 2022?

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, countries in the Baltic Sea have reported various incidents, including outages of power cables, telecom links, and gas pipelines.

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Poland says GPS disruptions over Baltic could be related to Russia

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Posted on June 17, 2025

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Last updated: January 23, 2026

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Poland Links GPS Disruptions Over Baltic Sea to Russian Activity

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland has been observing GPS disruptions over the Baltic Sea, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Tuesday, adding its sources suggest they were "related to the actions of the Russian Federation, including sabotage actions".

The Russian embassy in Warsaw did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment. Russia has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

Polish media have reported cases of GPS malfunction in the north of the country, including private drones flying away in unknown directions or losing connection.

"This may be Russia's answer to the Baltops exercises," Polish Vice Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski told Reuters on Tuesday, referring to NATO's annual exercise in the Baltic Sea, which is being held this month. Jaworski said the disruptions had become more intense since the start of the NATO exercise.

On Monday, a flight from Alicante in Spain to the northern Polish city of Bydgoszcz was redirected to Poznan in the west of Poland due to navigation problems, a Bydgoszcz airport spokesperson said, without identifying the airline.

"We are observing these disruptions. They are also observed over the Baltic Sea area by our allies in NATO countries - both in the Baltic states and the Nordic countries," Kosiniak-Kamysz told journalists, when asked about such incidents at a press conference about new helicopters.

"These actions are related, according to our sources, to the actions of the Russian Federation, also to sabotage actions."

He did not elaborate on the sources.

Countries located on the Baltic Sea have reported numerous incidents since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, including power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages, and the NATO military alliance has boosted its presence in the region.

Estonia and Finland last year also blamed Russia for jamming GPS navigation devices in the region's airspace.

(Reporting by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Barbara Erling; Editing by Alison Williams and Susan Fenton)

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