Russia-Ukraine war: Russia ‘jammed signal on UK defence minister’s plane’ – as it happened

Russia suspected of disrupting signal on UK defence minister’s plane, government source says to Reuters

Russia is suspected of interfering with the satellite signal on an aircraft used by defence minister Grant Shapps during his return from Poland to the UK, according to a government source and journalists accompanying him on Thursday, as reported by Reuters. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has not yet commented on the matter, as mentioned by Reuters, but defence sources informed the Guardian that there was no threat to Shapps while on the aircraft.

As per the source and journalists, the GPS signal was disrupted for approximately 30 minutes when the plane was in close proximity to Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad. Internet connectivity on mobile phones ceased, and the aircraft was compelled to employ alternative methods to ascertain its location, they added.

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