A plane carrying European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming as it prepared to land in Bulgaria, with officials pointing the finger of blame at Russia.

Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta said the GPS satellite signal transmitting information to von der Leyen’s chartered jet was jammed as it approached Plovdiv International Airport in southern Bulgaria on Sunday.

“We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming, but the plane landed safely in Bulgaria. We have received information from the Bulgarian authorities that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia ,” Podesta said on Monday.

Bulgaria issued a statement saying that the country’s Civil Aviation Authority instructed the pilots to resort to “terrestrial navigation tools” as an

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