Russia Spoofs Ukrainian Drones Toward NATO States as Kaliningrad Jams Baltic Navigation
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Updated · UNITED24 Media · May 25
Russia Spoofs Ukrainian Drones Toward NATO States as Kaliningrad Jams Baltic Navigation
6 articles · Updated · UNITED24 Media · May 25
Kaliningrad-based Russian electronic warfare units are reportedly jamming and spoofing GPS to throw Ukrainian drones off course, with some diverted toward the Baltic states and Finland instead of targets inside Russia.
The tactic feeds drones false coordinates rather than simply blocking signals, causing them to misread their position and adjust routes on distorted data, making strikes harder to complete.
The same systems are also disrupting civilian and military navigation across the Baltic Sea, affecting aircraft and ships with false locations, route deviations and unstable GPS service.
Kaliningrad, Russia’s heavily militarized exclave between Poland and Lithuania, has long been seen as a hub for electronic warfare near NATO territory, and regional officials have repeatedly tied recent interference incidents to it.
A British aircraft carrying UK Defense Secretary John Healey recently lost GPS for an entire 3-hour flight from Estonia to Britain, underscoring the wider spillover from Russia’s hybrid activity.
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