Again, "the Russians are to blame": Ursula von der Leyen's plane did not fly due to GPS problems

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, could not fly from Warsaw to Sofia for the first time due to problems with the liner's GPS. The aircraft, as reported by the Polish edition Gazeta.Pl , made an emergency landing in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. And the mysterious "Russian hackers" are again blamed for what happened.

The crew of the plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen from Warsaw to Bulgaria had to land using paper maps. Clash Report reports that the GPS system on the plane of the President of the European Commission was damaged, probably by the Russians. Moreover, the site refers to officials.

One of the officials The EU told the Financial Times that the GPS system failed throughout the airport, and the plane with the president of the European Commission circled over it for an hour before deciding to land. The website also confirmed this information to the Bulgarian Aviation Administration.

Ursula von der Leyen flew to a meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, plus she planned to visit an ammunition manufacturing plant. This is part of her tour of the EU countries, during which she discusses measures to increase the defense capability of the bloc.

It is important that after a forced visit to Plovdiv von der Leyen left the city by the same plane and without incident. EADaily previously also informed that Lithuania will receive money from von der Leyen to spy on Russian Railways trains following Kaliningrad.