Event 379

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Air",
    "BY"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple corroborating points from an official NOTAM, openly sourced aviation warnings, detailed community reporting, and map evidence of active GNSS interference.",
  "countries": [
    "Baltic Sea Region",
    "Unknown"
  ],
  "country": "Belarus",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Belarus airspace is experiencing GPS jamming and spoofing, with authorities issuing an official warning to pilots regarding persistent EW interference affecting GNSS navigation. An EW system has been operating near Minsk, causing notable aviation risk. On May 21, 2024, Belarusianaviatsia confirmed interference and established a NOTAM for pilots in the Minsk Flight Information Zone.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-05-21T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official NOTAM published confirming GNSS interference in Minsk FIR.",
    "Multiple pilot complaints about GPS jamming and spoofing.",
    "Map visualizing extensive GNSS interference in and around Belarus as of May 21, 2024."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "GPS jamming and coordinate spoofing in Belarus. A warning for pilots was issued.",
    "On May 21, 2024, Belarusianaviatsia published NOTAM OB0273/24, which officially confirms the presence of interference of global positioning systems signals over the entire Minsk flight information zone (i.e. the entire airspace over the territory of Belarus).",
    "The warning is issued for the next three months and may be extended in the future.",
    "Pilots are also asked to be vigilant and report to dispatchers about the recorded failures in navigation.",
    "GNSS interference map 21.05.2024"
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://x.com/Hajun_BY/status/1792979407826493573"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official NOTAM published confirming GNSS interference in Minsk FIR.",
            "Multiple pilot complaints about GPS jamming and spoofing.",
            "Map visualizing extensive GNSS interference in and around Belarus as of May 21, 2024."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "GPS jamming and coordinate spoofing in Belarus. A warning for pilots was issued.",
  "location_text": "Minsk Flight Information Zone, Belarus",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_379_1763925113_fc55335f.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "GPS jamming and spoofing alert in ?? Belarus airspace",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/Hajun_BY/status/1792979407826493573"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Belarus issued a warning to pilots due to extensive GPS jamming and spoofing caused by electronic warfare activity in the Minsk airspace. Official NOTAM and GNSS interference map confirm the EW event.",
  "url": "https://x.com/Hajun_BY/status/1792979407826493573"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "Air, BY",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "BSR;Air",
  "Date": "21-May-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "GPS jamming and spoofing alert in ?? Belarus airspace",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "GPS jamming and spoofing alert in ?? Belarus airspace",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/Hajun_BY/status/1792979407826493573",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}