On May 21, 2024, Belarus officially confirmed GPS jamming and coordinate spoofing over the entire Minsk flight information zone, issuing a three-month warning for pilots.

Cyber & Information WarfareCyber AttacksAttacks on critical infrastructure (energy, transport, hospitals)

Aggressor

Summary

On May 21, 2024, the Belarusian air traffic control organization Belaeronavigatsia issued NOTAM N O273/24, confirming the presence of GPS signal interference across the entire Minsk Flight Information Zone, covering all Belarus airspace. This warning to pilots, effective for three months and potentially extendable, follows two years of electronic warfare (EW) operations near Minsk causing numerous pilot complaints. Pilots are instructed to report navigation failures such as lost GPS signals or spoofed coordinates to allow air traffic dispatchers to assist using vectoring via ground radar systems. Despite the GPS interference, landing is not directly threatened due to Belarus's use of radio beacon instrument landing systems and inertial navigation technologies independent of GPS/GLONASS/Galileo. The jamming is linked to intensified EW activities following a February 26, 2023 attack on a Russian A-50 AEW&C aircraft at Machulishchy airfield. Leading European media have noted rising concerns about Russian GPS jamming impacting civil aviation this year.

Classification

Confidence: High

Classified as aggressor event because Belarusian authorities confirmed hostile GPS jamming and coordinate spoofing impacting civil airspace, linked with Russian electronic warfare activities near Minsk. There is no indication this event involves defensive preparations by NATO or allies.

Source URL

https://x.com/i/web/status/1792979407826493573

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: csv-import
Submitted: Feb 1, 2026, 00:14 UTC
Last updated: Nov 8, 2026, 22:38 UTC
Event time: May 21, 2024, 00:00 UTC

Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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  "event_time_utc": "2024-05-21T00:00:00.000Z",
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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: ModerateAttribution: HighSingle sourceTime: Same dayLocation: Regional

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

May 21, 2024, 00:00 UTC

End time

Aug 21, 2024, 00:00 UTC

Event time confidence

pm24h

Location

Minsk Flight Information Zone

Primary actor

Russian GPS jammers

Country

Belarus

Tags

GPS jamming, Belarus, electronic warfare, civil aviation safety, coordinate spoofing, Russian EW, Minsk flight information zone, NOTAM, air traffic control

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