A Spanish military jet with the defence minister on board suffered a GPS "disturbance" on Wednesday while flying over the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, the government said.

The A330 jet was en route to Lithuania on Wednesday morning and was flying above Kaliningrad when the incident happened, according to Spain's defence ministry.

Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles was on the flight, which was travelling to the Siauliai air base in Lithuania — which is part of NATO's air policing mission. Also onboard were relatives of Spanish troops deployed to the base and journalists, local media reported.

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Robles appeared at a press conference after arriving in Lithuania with her Lithuanian counterpart, Dovilė Šakalienė. "Under no c

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