Sweden says Russia is behind an increase in GPS jaming over the Baltic Sea

Sweden accused Russia of being a significant rise in cases of disturbing the GPS signal registered on the Baltic Sea, which raised fears of flying in the region.

The Swedish Transport Agency (STA) said that reports of disturbances have risen over the past few years, but are now almost a daily event. 733 incidents so far in 2025 were recorded, up from 55 over 2023.

The agency said that the source of the intervention had been followed into Russian territory, and also affected the shipment. Other European countries have accused Russia of being behind the confusion, which Moscow denies.

The STA report comes days after a plane carrying Ursula von der Lin was exposed by intervention.

According to what was forced by the European Commission’s chief pilots to land using paper maps, but they did so safely.

Andreas Holmegran, the head of the aviation in STA, warned that the case was “dangerous” and posed “the threat of safety on civil aviation.”

In addition to seeing a huge increase in reports, he said that disturbances have spread “geographically and scope”, from the transition from the eastern parts of the Swedish airspace over international waters to Swedish lands and waters.

The airlines operating in the Baltic region have reported tens of thousands of jamming incidents in GPS in the past few years. Baltic countries are reserved by Russian territory.

In June, Sweden and five other countries in the region – Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland – raised the issue with the International Civil Aviation Organization Council (ICAO), which Russia is a member state on it.

The ICAO Council expressed “great concern about the situation and demands that Russia fulfill its international obligations and ensure that unrest is stopped.”

Nevertheless, the disturbances in the Baltic Sea region “have increased instead.”

European governments and experts regularly blame Russia, claiming such practices that are commensurate with the alleged Carmlin strategy to implant the turmoil in general and undermine European security.

Moscow regularly denies accusations of interference or attacks on commercial flight. A link installed between Russia and the height of GPS has not yet been created.

On Sunday, the von der leyen plane was heading to Bulgaria on Sunday when the measurement was broken down on board due to what a spokesman for “flagrant intervention by Russia” described.

The European Commission said that the accident only strengthened its commitment to “increasing our defensive capabilities and supporting Ukraine.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov He told the Financial TimesWhich was mentioned about the suspected jamming, that her information was “incorrect.”

The Bulgarian Aviation Authority said that there is a “noticeable increase” in GPS accidents since the full invasion of Russia for Ukraine in 2022.

While the planes can depend on other forms of mobility from GPS, the interference on the middle of the flight can increase the risk of collision – either with other aircraft or by causing the pilot unintentionally flying to the ground, water or any other obstacle.

But the UK Civil Aviation Authority has reduced the importance of GPS jamming, saying that navigation systems in aircraft not only depend on GPS, and therefore interference should not affect direct mobility.

He adds that interference occurs primarily near the conflict areas as a secondary product for military activity, rather than necessarily a deliberate act.

The STA numbers cover 2025 until August 28. While it includes both Swedish and non -Swedish Airways, the agency warns that it is considered great to estimate the number of incidents reported, as airlines reports often about accidents in front of the Aviation Authority in their security.