India, Sept. 1 -- A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen was reportedly targeted by GPS jamming over Bulgarian airspace in a suspected act of interference by Russia, a spokesperson said on Monday.

The aircraft, en route to Plovdiv Airport as part of Von Der Leyen's tour of EU countries bordering Russia and Belarus, lost GPS signal as it approached the airport. However, her plane landed safely.

"We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming," said Podesta. "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 ...