Event 820

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LV",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple specific statistics and qualitative assessments by competent Latvian aviation authorities are clearly quoted, and linkage to the Ukraine conflict is explicitly mentioned.",
  "continuous_summary": "GPS Jamming",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Latvia has experienced a marked increase in GPS disturbances affecting air traffic navigation, with over 202 cases of satellite system interference recorded in the first five months of this year. While aviation safety has not been directly compromised, responsible authorities note that increases are likely linked to the regional security environment since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-04-07T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Statistical comparison of interference incidents (202 cases in 5 months of 2025, 347 in 2023, 76 in 2022)",
    "Quotes from Latvian air traffic and Civil Aviation Agency representatives attributing increases to the regional security situation"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "In the first five months of this year, 202 cases of global navigation satellite system interference were registered in Latvian airspace. This is double the count in all of 2023.",
    "For three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the number of navigation system disruptions in Europe, including Latvian airspace, has been on the rise.",
    "Although the situation does not threaten flight safety, it can cause difficulties at smaller airports without modern landing systems.",
    "The cause is usually due to external causes, such as solar flares, but it is more likely to be from Russia, according to [air traffic authorities]."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/07.04.2025-latvia-sees-more-gps-disturbances-in-air-traffic-lately.a594521/"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Statistical comparison of interference incidents (202 cases in 5 months of 2025, 347 in 2023, 76 in 2022)",
            "Quotes from Latvian air traffic and Civil Aviation Agency representatives attributing increases to the regional security situation"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Latvia sees more GPS disturbances in air traffic lately",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Latvia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_820_1763939567_f0124200.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Increased ??GPS disturbances in ??Latvian air traffic. GPS signal interference affected Latvian air traffic and is suspected to originate from across the border.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/07.04.2025-latvia-sees-more-gps-disturbances-in-air-traffic-lately.a594521/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Significant rise in GPS interference incidents reported over Latvian airspace in 2025.",
  "url": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/07.04.2025-latvia-sees-more-gps-disturbances-in-air-traffic-lately.a594521/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LV, Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "GPS Jamming",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "7-Apr-25",
  "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": "Increased ??GPS disturbances in ??Latvian air traffic. GPS signal interference affected Latvian air traffic and is suspected to originate from across the border.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Increased GPS disturbances in ??Latvian air traffic",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/07.04.2025-latvia-sees-more-gps-disturbances-in-air-traffic-lately.a594521/",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}