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Aircraft in Baltic region hit by GPS jamming as some blame Russia
Aircraft flying over the Baltic region have reported a mysterious increase in the number of missing or fake Global Positioning System (GPS) signals with concerns being raised that Russia is to blame.
More than 1,600 aircraft, including civilian aircraft, experienced the interference — known as GPS jamming — in less than two days earlier this week, according to an open-source intelligence account that regularly tracks GPS interference.
The jamming seems to be concentrated around Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave — a key military area for Moscow. It is situated between NATO members Poland and Lithuania and serves as a base for one of Russia’s major naval fleets. GPS jamming has been occurring regularly since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
A plane is taxiing in Gdansk, Poland, on March 17, 2024. (Michal Fludra/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) tells Politico that it is looking into the issue, but so far regulators say that the GPS problems are not a danger to flights.
Interference cases reported by pilots «have been increasing steadily since January 2022,» the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) tells the publication. The travel safety agency received reports from pilots through its voluntary incident reporting system EVAIR.
The organization says it received 985 GPS outages during January and February this year compared to 1,371 for all of 2023.
Russia is understood to have significant electronic warfare (EW) resources in Kaliningrad.
Air Traffic Control at Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland on April 22, 2022 (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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«Russian armed forces have a wide spectrum of military equipment dedicated for GNSS interference, including jamming and spoofing, at varying distances, duration and intensity,» a Lithuanian defense official told Newsweek earlier this month.
Dana Goward, president of the U.S.-based Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation, tells Politico that Russia regularly targets aircraft with the technology.
«It is a real threat. There is one instance of accidentally jamming we know of that almost resulted in a passenger aircraft impacting a mountain,» he said, referring to a case reported by NASA in 2019.
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Ukrainian soldiers patrol with a Bradley Fighting vehicle as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Avdiivka, Donbas, Ukraine on December 4, 2023. GPS jamming has been occurring regularly since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022. (Marek M. Berezowski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
In mid-March, a military plane carrying British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps was hit by GPS jamming on its way back from Poland, although EASA hasn’t been able to confirm the Russian origin of the interference or whether the jamming is intentional, Politico reports.
In 2022 and 2023, EASA, warned about an increase in reports of GPS spoofing and jamming incidents taking place in areas surrounding Russia, including in Finland, around the Black Sea and in the Baltic Sea area, according to the Wall Street Journal. In one bulletin, EASA said pilots were forced to reroute planes or change their destinations midflight.
Aircraft are still able to fly safely without GPS and can switch to other sources when GPS is inaccurate, experts say.
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Israel agrees to Trump envoy’s temporary Gaza ceasefire extension proposal as first phase expires: reports
Israel has agreed to a temporary ceasefire extension proposal from President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, for the period around the Muslim Ramadan and Jewish Passover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Saturday night.
The news came as the first temporary ceasefire agreement expired at midnight local time.
Netanyahu’s office said the temporary ceasefire extension was agreed to after they realized more time was needed to figure out a permanent ceasefire solution.
Under the extension proposal, half of the hostages and the remains of dead hostages still in Gaza will be released, with the remaining released once a permanent ceasefire is established.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with U.S. envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, in Jerusalem. (Ma’ayan Toaf, GPO)
«According to the agreement, Israel can return to fighting after the 42nd day if it feels that the negotiations are ineffective,» Netanyahu’s office noted of the first temporary ceasefire’s phase one.
Hamas has «so far remained firm in its refusal of this framework» necessary for a permanent ceasefire, Israel said, according to the Jerusalem Post. Hamas has made similar accusations against Israel.
Emaciated Israeli hostages Ohad Ben Ami, left, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who were held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are taken by terrorists to a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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«Israel will immediately enter negotiations on all details of Witkoff’s framework,» if Hamas agrees, the Israeli government said.
If a new ceasefire deal is not agreed to, fighting is set to resume on Sunday.
Witkoff’s proposal said: «There is no possibility of bridging the gaps between the parties’ positions to end the war and that additional time is needed for negotiations on a permanent ceasefire,» the Post reported.
Hamas terrorists gather to watch the handover of three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, Feb. 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A total of 38 hostages were released during the 42-day ceasefire phase one that began in mid-January in return for around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
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Reuters reported that Hamas posted a video Saturday that said hostages that remain in Gaza will only be released through another swap for Palestinian prisoners, which was part of the original phased ceasefire agreement framework.
Ongoing permanent ceasefire talks primarily held in Cairo have stalled.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Zelenskyy meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London following Trump Oval Office clash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was warmly greeted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing St. in London on Saturday, a day after Zelenskyy’s tense exchange with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.
Zelemskyy and Starmer, who met with Trump in Washington on Thursday, embraced, shook hands, waved and gave a thumbs up to reporters before heading inside the prime minister’s residence for their meeting.
The scheduled London visit comes after Zelenskyy’s blowup with Trump and Vice President JD Vance during Friday’s televised meeting in the Oval Office.
Zelenskyy was peppered with questions from shouting reporters about Trump outside the prime minister’s residence, but remained tight-lipped.
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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, greets Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, for a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Saturday. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
Starmer told Zelenskyy when he greeted him: «Well, let me just say that you’re very, very welcome here in Downing Street. And as you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom, and we stand with you with Ukraine for as long as it may take.»
He added, «And I hope you’ve heard some of that cheering in the street. That is the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you, how much they support Ukraine, and our absolute determination to stand with unwavering determination and to achieve what we both want to achieve, which is a lasting peace, a lasting peace for Ukraine based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine, so important for Ukraine, so important for Europe, and so for the United Kingdom. So I’m much looking forward to discussions here this afternoon. Thank you very much for taking the time to chat.»
Zelenskyy answered: «With pleasure. Thank you very much.»
He added that the British people have given Ukraine «big support from the very beginning of this war.»
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer embraces Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street, in London, Saturday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Zelenskyy said that he is also «very happy» to be meeting with King Charles III at his residence in Sandringham on Sunday.
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Tensions increased during the Oval Office meeting on Friday over a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine after Zelenskyy said Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t be trusted and had breached other agreements.
Trump and Vance then accused Zelenskyy of not being grateful for the support the U.S. has provided over the years and said the Ukrainian leader was in a «bad position» at the negotiating table.
«You’re playing cards,» Trump said. «You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War III. You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country.»
Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)
After Vance told Zelenskyy Ukraine had manpower and military recruiting problems, Zelenskyy said war means «everybody has problems, even you,» adding the U.S. would feel the war «in the future.»
«Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel,» Trump responded. «We’re trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel.»
Zelenskyy was asked to leave the White House after the exchange, a scheduled news conference was canceled and a deal for Ukraine to give the U.S. its rare earth minerals was left unsigned.
Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude for America’s help after the meeting.
«Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit,» he wrote on X. «Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.»
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pauses during an interview with Bret Baier on Fox News’ «Special Report» in Washington, D.C., Friday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
The Ukrainian president told Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier in an interview after the meeting on «Special Report» that he believes Ukrainian-U.S. ties can be salvaged.
«Yes, of course, because it’s relations more than two presidents,» he said in the exclusive interview. «It’s the historical relations, strong relations between our people. And that’s why I always began … to thank your people from our people.
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«Of course, thankful to the president and, of course, to Congress,» Zelenskyy added, «But, first of all, to your people … we wanted very much to have all this strong relations and where it counted. We will have it.»
Zelenskyy said he was «not sure we did something bad» when asked about the heated exchange but conceded the dustup was «bad for both sides.»
Fox News’ Madeline Coggins contributed to this report.
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