The investigation will not launch an interference that influenced the plane on which the European Commission chairman was on Sunday, the Bulgarian prime minister said today.
“There is no reason to start research,” Rosen Zeliaskov said, saying that these interference was not “classified as hybrid threats or cyberattack threats” in a conversation with reporters in Burgas, in the eastern part of the country.
Yesterday, Monday, a spokesman for von der Laien confirmed that a common phenomenon in this region of Eastern Europe during her arrival in Bulgaria on Sunday. He said that Russia may be behind this action.
“After the war with Ukraine began, we are watching what is called Electronic War,” the Bulgarian government’s leader said today. “These interferences do not target a specific aircraft,” he said, adding that “there is nothing unusual: unfortunately, it is one of the consequences of such military conflicts.”
The Bulgarian government clarified Monday that the GPS signal was lost during the approach phase at Plovdiv Airport, but did not endanger the safety of the landing, which took place “without difficulty”.
Ms. von der Liean’s visit to Bulgaria took place as part of a tour of the Eastern Wing of the European Union. He inspected there a factory that produces ammunition for Ukraine.
