Russia conducted an electronic warfare attack against EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as she visited states on the frontline of the Russia-Ukraine war.
The EU confirmed the attack took place while the President’s plane was landing at a tiny military-civilian-use airport in Bulgaria on Sunday just hours after Von der Leyen called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “predator” who had started four wars in Europe, including in Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea and Ukraine and would not change.
While various media have reported that the President’s aircraft was jammed, European sources told The Nightly that the plane itself was not interfered with, but that the attackers jammed the entire GPS system of the airport.
This meant that the pilot of the President’s plane had to land using pap