Russia is accused of jamming GPS signals over its territory - Estonia

Russia jammed the signal of the global positioning system (GPS) on its territory in the first days of June, and the interference was also detected in Estonia and Latvia. 

The Department of Consumer Protection and Technical Surveillance of Estonia reported this, according to ERR.ee.

According to the department, the monitoring system recorded an increase in GPS interference from June 1st to June 5th, but the interference has now ceased. The probable source of the interference is located in the Leningrad region of Russia.

The service emphasized that the interference does not affect the navigation functions of aviation or ground transportation. Other countries cannot interfere with the signal jamming; it is necessary to deactivate the equipment that creates the interference.

According to information from the Estonian Defense Forces, jamming GPS signals is one of the measures that Russia can take to protect important objects on its territory. The resulting interference also affects the use of GPS in neighboring countries.

"The probable source of the interference is located in the Leningrad region of Russia, and it may have slightly affected the airspace of Estonia as well. The Latvian regulator of communication networks also detected an increase in interference," said the Estonian department. "We have so far received only individual reports from passing aircraft. The loss of GPS signal does not affect the navigational capabilities of commercial and passenger aircraft and does not pose a threat to them. It also does not affect the operation of ground-based GPS, GALILEO, and other GNSS positioning systems," said Erko Kulu, the head of the Department of Consumer Protection and Technical Surveillance (TTJA).

It should be noted that other countries cannot interfere with the creation of artificial interference, and it can only be stopped by deactivating the equipment that creates the interference.

In the morning of May 30th, explosions were heard in Moscow and the Moscow region. 

Several UAVs were shot down near the residence of dictator Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogaryovo.

Drones were also spotted in the area of Rublevo and Illinskoye highways, where the residences of the Russian "elite" and state residences are located. Several UAVs crashed in the Krasnogorsk district in the villages of Illinskoye and Timoshkino.