For many years, Waze was a unique navigation app for Ukrainians because it not only showed traffic routes (where there are many competitors) but also indicated bad road conditions — a common issue in Ukraine. This helped drivers preserve their tires, their cars, and sometimes even their lives.

At the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by enemy forces, Waze disabled these features with a strange explanation (supposedly to avoid revealing military movements. However, military vehicles usually move at night during curfew hours, and checkpoints have been in the same locations for three years and are well-known to everyone).

We kindly ask you to restore the full functionality of the app. The roads in Ukraine aren’t improving, and since air travel is no longer available, driving is the only way to travel around the country.

Thank you for your understanding!