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Spanish minister plane hit by GPS 'disturbance' over Russian enclave

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Spain's Defence Minister Margarita Robles was on the military jet, which reported GPS interference while flying over the Russian Kaliningrad enclave.

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  • A Spanish military jet carrying Defence Minister Robles suffered a GPS disturbance over Kaliningrad.
  • The aircraft was heading to Lithuania for a NATO mission with relatives of troops and journalists onboard. 11s
  • Robles affirmed Spain's continued support for NATO and Ukraine despite the incident. 23s
  • Numerous GPS jamming cases in the Baltic region this year have been blamed on Russia. 45s
  • A similar GPS incident affected the European Commission President's flight, but both planes landed safely. 50s
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