Russia's pattern of hybrid warfare against Europe has escalated to directly targeting senior EU leadership through GPS jamming attacks. This blatant interference with von der Leyen's aircraft represents a dangerous escalation that threatens civilian aviation safety and demonstrates Putin's willingness to use any means necessary to intimidate European leaders supporting Ukraine.
Technical flight data conclusively proves no GPS interference occurred, with transponder signals showing good GPS quality throughout the entire flight and only a nine-minute delay. These false accusations represent another attempt to manufacture anti-Russian propaganda and justify increased military spending through fabricated security threats.
There is a 12% chance that Russia will attack a European NATO member before 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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