Bulgaria rules out an attack on von der Leyen's plane
According to the authorities of the EU Member State, this type of interference occurs' every day 'and will therefore not be investigated.
According to Prime Minister Rosen Zheliazkov, the interference was not directed against a particular aircraft and also did not pose a risk. The planes took off and landed long before the GPS was invented, "said Zheliazkov, who recalled that European protocols state that the crew can use traditional navigation methods.
In this regard, he has stressed that the Bulgarian controllers guaranteed security by limiting themselves to these protocols, and the aircraft landed smoothly.
The Prime Minister has stated that such incidents are also "one of the side effects" of the war in Ukraine, as damage to the radio field has spread across a vast area.
The European Commission held Russia responsible for the interference. But the Kremlin has denied all responsibility.