Sweden reports sharp increase in GPS interference over Baltic Sea, blames russia

Sweden has reported a sharp increase in GPS interference over the Baltic Sea in 2025, saying the country is receiving "almost daily" reports of incidents involving aircraft in the area, The Guardian reports.

New figures published by the Swedish transport agency Transportstyrelsen showed that 733 incidents had been recorded this year (to August 28) compared to 495 in 2024 and just 55 in 2023.

Andreas Holmgren, head of the unit dealing with the issue, said the number of disruptions had increased, they were larger and covered a wider area.

He added that the problem was a "safety threat" to civil aviation, even if pilots had alternative systems to rely on.

The authorities intend to raise this issue at the international level by appealing to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the report says.

The report also states that the sources of interference are located on russian territory.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the plane of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to make an emergency landing in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, due to the outage of GPS navigation services at the Bulgarian airport.

It was also reported that the number of GPS interferences in the sky over Latvia has more than doubled. They are linked to russia.

Due to an unknown drone circling in the area of ​​Vilnius, Lithuania, the plane of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda was unable to land immediately in the capital and had to circle over the country.