GPS navigation disruptions over Baltic Sea attributed to Russian jamming from Kaliningrad

In early 2024 and over recent months, the Baltic Sea region experienced thousands of GPS disruption incidents affecting civilian pilots, including Swedish instructors near Danzig. The number of cases increased from under 100 in 2018 to over 10,000 in 2023. Estonia and Lithuania attribute these disruptions to GPS jamming signals emitted from Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, part of a broader hybrid warfare campaign by Russia to test Western navigation vulnerabilities. The Finnish airline Finnair suspended operations at Tartu airport for weeks due to continuous GPS interference and lack of backup systems. Beyond aviation, ships, mobile devices, and agricultural machinery near the Finnish-Russian border have also faced GPS problems, complicating navigation and operations. Experts confirm this as deliberate Russian interference constituting a strategic attack on critical navigation infrastructure.