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A European Commission spokeswoman accused the Russian government of jamming the GPS systems of a plane carrying President Ursula von der Leyen while flying over Bulgaria on Monday.

European Commission spokeswoman Arianna Podestà confirmed that von der Leyen's plane landed safely in Plovdiv airport. The European leader is currently on a tour of the European Union’s nations bordering Russia and Belarus.

"We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming," Podestà said. "We have received information from the Bulgarian authority that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia."

"This incident actually underlines the urgency of the mission that the president is carrying out in the front-line member states,"

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