Russian Jamming From Kaliningrad Is Sending Ukrainian Drones Toward NATO States, Telegraph Reports

Russia is using electronic warfare systems based in Kaliningrad to interfere with the routes of Ukrainian drones striking targets inside Russia, The Telegraph reported on May 22.

According to the investigation, Russian electronic warfare units are jamming and spoofing GPS signals, causing Ukrainian drones to lose navigational accuracy and drift toward the Baltic states and Finland.

The tactic involves GPS spoofing, a method in which systems transmit false coordinates instead of real ones. As a result, drones may misread their location and adjust their route based on distorted data, making their missions harder to complete.

The same Russian systems operating from Kaliningrad are also creating serious navigation problems beyond the battlefield. The region has seen repeated disruptions to GPS and other satellite navigation services affecting aviation and maritime traffic across the Baltic Sea.

Analysts and government officials in the Baltic states and Germany have repeatedly linked these incidents to Russian electronic warfare activity in Kaliningrad. The disruptions reportedly include both signal jamming and spoofing, which can make navigation systems display false locations.

For ships operating in the Baltic Sea, the interference can cause incorrect coordinates, route deviations, or loss of stable GPS connection, forcing crews to rely on backup navigation methods.

Kaliningrad, Russia’s heavily militarized exclave between Poland and Lithuania, has long been viewed as a key platform for Moscow’s electronic warfare operations near NATO territory.

The reported use of its systems to distort Ukrainian drone routes adds another layer to Russia’s expanding hybrid activity across the region.

Earlier, a British military aircraft carrying UK Defense Secretary John Healey was hit by Russian electronic interference during a flight from Estonia to the United Kingdom, with GPS disabled for the entire three-hour journey.

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