00:00The European Commission has just in the last few minutes confirmed those reports that the plane carrying von der Leyen, which was landing in Bulgaria on Sunday as part of this four day tour, did land safely, but it was the subject of GPS jamming.
00:14Now, Bulgarian authorities have said that this is the fault of Russia. And in fact, a lot of the Baltic countries have reported an increase in this kind of activity. GPS jamming, impacting maritime and air travel across Europe by Russia.
00:30So very much an indication of the tensions that are out there at the moment in Europe as this war rages on in Ukraine. And as you said there, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, I think capturing what a lot of people are feeling here.
00:45There was a lot of enthusiasm a few weeks ago that there was some kind of deal potentially in the offing. I think the Europeans were very positive when they attended that meeting in the White House with Donald Trump a few days after the Alaska summit.
00:59But since then, it's been relatively quiet. Now, officials, defense officials, national security advisors from some of those big European allies in the United States have been talking about what kind of ceasefire this would look like in practice, what would evolve in terms of boots on the ground or perhaps air defense help from the United States.
01:20But so far, we've seen very little detail of that. Now, we have been reporting this morning that President Zelensky is due to meet allies to travel for a meeting on Thursday to Europe.
01:31So perhaps we may see some development later on in the week on this.
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