Estonia Warns of Increased Russian GPS Jamming Near Border
Estonia’s Interior Minister Igor Taro announced Thursday that Russia has deployed additional electronic warfare (EW) systems near the Estonian border, heightening concerns over GPS jamming across the Baltic region, The Gaze reports, citing Bloomberg.
According to Taro, new signals jamming equipment has been detected in the vicinity of Kingisepp, just 20 kilometers from Estonia’s eastern frontier.
Such systems have been widely used in Ukraine to interfere with drone navigation and communications but are also known to disrupt civilian GPS signals — affecting planes and ships across the region.
“This development directly affects security and aviation safety in the Baltics,” Taro warned during a press conference in Tallinn. Estonia’s internal security agency has contacted Russian military representatives over the issue, he added.
The Russian Defense Ministry has not responded to requests for comment.
Estonia and its Baltic neighbors have increasingly reported GPS interference since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Experts have traced previous GNSS disruptions in the region to Russian military installations in Kaliningrad and the St. Petersburg area.
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