The plane Ursula von der Leeyen was traveling with is suspected of a Russian attack.

The plane is safely seated at Plovdiv airport, and von der Leyen will continue its planned tour of European Union countries bordering Russia and Belarus, Commission spokeswoman Arianna Podesta has said.

“We can confirm there was GPS deadlock. We have received information from the Bulgarian authority that they suspect it was due to intervention by Russia”, Podesta has said.

Von der Leyen, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's war in Ukraine, is on a four-day tour of EU countries bordering Russia and its ally, Belarus, sends time.

This incident actually underlines the urgency of the mission that the president is conducting in member states on the front line”, Podesta has said.

She has added that von der Leyen has seen “from the first hand the daily challenges of threats coming from Russia and its representatives. ”

And, of course, the EU will continue to invest in defence spending and in Europe's readiness even more after this incident”, it has indicated.

Bulgaria has issued a statement saying that the “synjali used for navigation of the plane's GPS has been cut off”.

“As the plane approached Plovdiv Airport, the GPS signal lost”, the statement said. /Periscope/