Daryna Antoniuk
For Ukrainian tech specialist Roman, Tuesday morning didn’t go as planned. He spent half the night lying in bed, listening to explosions from yet another Russian drone attack on Kyiv. Then, he couldn’t get a taxi to make it to his early workout at the gym. When he finally arrived, he discovered he was more than an hour late because his phone had been using a different time zone.
Roman — who asked not to be identified — said he was initially confused and thought something was wrong with his phone. He went to grab a cup of coffee instead of attending his missed workout class, and he realized that many Ukrainians had faced similar disruptions.
Some arrived late to work, others overslept, and some missed important calls. The cause? Their devices had suddenly switched locations from Kyiv to Russian cities like Moscow, Bryansk, Kursk or Belgorod, which are in a Russian time zone to the east.
Following the confusion, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces issued a statement explaining that disruptions to smartphone clocks or GPS signals may occur due to the use of electronic warfare (EW) systems to counter Russian air attacks.
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