Finland says GPS signal disruption during NATO war games came from Russia


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Nov 2018

FILE PHOTO: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a press conferance at the Prime Minister Juha Sipila's official residence Kesaranta in Helsinki, Finland, November 7, 2018. Lehtikuva/Martti Kainulainen/via REUTERS

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The disruption of Finland's global positioning system (GPS) signal during recent NATO war games came from Russian territory, the Finnish foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The Kremlin on Monday dismissed an earlier allegation from Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila that Russia may have intentionally disrupted the signal during the war games.

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