INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia is believed to have jammed the satellite signal on an aircraft used by defence minister Grant Shapps to travel from Poland back to
Britain, a government source and journalists travelling with him said on Thursday.According to a government source and journalists, the GPS
signal was interfered with for about 30 minutes while the plane flew close to Russia&s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.Mobile phones could no
longer connect to the internet and the aircraft was forced to use alternative methods to determine its location, they said.The Russian
defence ministry did not respond to a request for comment, Reuters reported.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak&s spokesperson confirmed the incident
had happened on Wednesday but added it was ¬ unusual&.&While travelling back from Poland yesterday, the plane carrying the Defence
Secretary and his delegation temporarily experienced GPS jamming when they flew close to Kaliningrad,& the spokesperson said.&It didn&t
threaten the safety of the aircraft and it is not unusual for aircraft to experience GPS jamming near Kaliningrad, which is of course
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