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Russia can falsify GPS signals deep into Europe, Lithuania says
Lithuanian officials say the number of spoofing antennae rose from 3 to 36, widening interference that can disrupt navigation across the Baltic region.
- Russia can falsify GPS signals up to 450km from its Kaliningrad exclave, according to deputy head of Lithuania's communications regulator Darius Kuliesius, who reported the country increased GPS spoofing antennae from three in early 2025 to 36 now.
- Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, European nations have accused Russia of electronic interference, though President Vladimir Putin's government denies the allegations; GPS jamming incidents accelerated after the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, with military and diplomatic aircraft affected last year.
- The interference reaches across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, most of Poland, and parts of Finland, Sweden and Belarus, with Lithuania's mobile networks degraded during spikes coinciding with Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia; online bus schedules in Klaipeda, 50km from the Kaliningrad border, stop working due to GPS reliance.
- Kuliesius characterized the expanded interference as "systemic, permanent, unending Russian provocation against European security," while the Russian embassy in Vilnius did not immediately reply to requests for comment, maintaining Moscow's historical denials.
- Multiple NATO allies in the Baltic region face expanding jamming coverage across their territories and airspace, as Estonia and Finland join Lithuania in documenting GPS interference affecting regional navigation and security.
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Aircraft with European government representatives on board repeatedly report disturbances near the Russian border. In all cases, the GPS navigation of the machines is affected. Lithuania sees a provocation from Moscow - and now presents possible evidence.
According to Lithuania, Russia has significantly increased its ability to jam and falsify GPS signals from the Kaliningrad enclave. Can Europe be disturbed by electronic interferences? ...
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