Kremlin denies Russian involvement in GPS disruption on von der Leyen’s plane

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied on Monday Russia’s involvement in the failure of GPS navigation systems on the plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, TASS news agency reported.

“Your information is incorrect,” Peskov told The Financial Times in a commentary on the incident.

Earlier, the newspaper reported that the aircraft’s navigation system malfunctioned during its landing in Bulgaria, forcing the pilots to rely on paper maps to land at Plovdiv Airport.

European Commission Spokeswoman Arianna Podesta said at a briefing in Brussels that Bulgarian authorities described the incident as “gross interference by Russia.” However, the EU gave no further details.