According to Russian newspaper Izvestia, Russia's national air traffic regulator has advised airlines to prepare to fly their planes without relying on the American Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite-based navigation equipment because of increased jamming and spoofing since the start of Ukraine conflict.
Following a March report by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA),which warned of increased cases of jamming and spoofing of the system's signal after February 24 – the day Russia began its military offensive in Ukraine – Rosaviatsia has instructed national airlines to prepare to cope without GPS, according to a letter seen by the outlet.
These were reportedly detected in Russia's western enclave, the Kaliningrad Region, the Baltics, eastern Finland, the Black Sea, the eastern Mediterranean, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and northern Iran, among other places.
According to EASA, the interference has caused some planes to change course or destina...