Video footage of Russia carrying out a hybrid attack against the Baltic countries is spreading – MadeinVilnius.lt

Russia is conducting a hybrid attack against the Baltic states, during which it disrupts the GPS signals of commercial flights.

The Facebook group “Weather and Climate in Lithuania” posted a video showing the disruption of GPS communication on April 23-30.

“The nasty big neighbor continues to ruin the lives of the little neighbors. Especially as you can see on the map, Estonia suffers, where the GPS signal is disrupted more often than elsewhere and thus causes additional challenges for aircraft pilots, but flights are safe, because there are other means of navigation besides GPS.

Despite what flightradar24 wrote on Monday, Finnair is suspending flights from Helsinki to Tartu (Estonia) until the end of May due to GPS interference. Tartu Airport currently has a GPS-based arrival procedure only, so planes cannot land if GPS interference continues. Flights are expected to resume after the airport implements a non-GPS aircraft approach procedure.

GPS interference increased in 2023 In the end. Russia disrupts signals not only in Estonia, around the exclave of Karalauči, the Suwalki corridor, but also in the vicinity of Moscow and St. Petersburg, apparently in order to prevent increased Ukrainian drone attacks. “Unfortunately, where there are fewer airplanes, there are fewer important meteorological measurements carried out by aircraft,” writes the group “Weather and climate in Lithuania”.