Farmers concerned. “Suddenly everything stops.” What’s happening at the border?

Farmers from the border areas are said to have complained that the army is paralyzing their work by interfering with the GPS signal. One of the farmers explains that he is currently “in the hottest period of work in the field” and works day and night. In practice, it looks like he goes out into the field after dark “and suddenly everything stops. The range drops, the equipment refuses to cooperate” – he says in an interview with, adding that such a situation happens every day.

Farmers complain about GPS signal interference. “Work paralyzed”

Another farmer, known for his activities in the “Oszukana Wieś” association, explains that currently agriculture is based on technology. Every sprayer, combine, seeder and even manure spreader uses GPS positioning. – The satellite option is crucial in precision agriculture. When there are GPS disruptions, work stops and is paralyzed – says the farmer. In addition, farmers also complain about GPS problems, including: throughout the Zamość district, in the area around Hrubieszów. Farmers suspect that Polish Army bases located in the border areas with Ukraine are responsible for jamming the GPS signal.

Jamming, i.e. disturbing the GPS signal

GPS jamming is aimed primarily at signals emitted from enemy radars in order to confuse their operation. Wyborcza.biz emphasizes that “these are the activities of our services that have intensified recently, but started this spring.” The National Security Office did not respond to questions about jamming at the border. At the beginning of May we informed that we were going to Tartu in Estonia due to GPS signal interference. The Finns said the disruptions were probably a “side effect” of actions taken by Russia. The Finnish transport agency Traficom noticed that interference with the GPS signal intensified when the first Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure occurred in January this year. Let us recall that according to the information provided by the British government, when the British Minister of Defense was returning to the country from a visit to Poland.