Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service (SBGS) has reported that Polish protesters continue to block all six crossing points on the Polish-Ukrainian border. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for SBGS, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast Details: “Polish farmers continue to block lorry traffic. On all six crossing points. As of this morning [3 March […]
Polish farmers have again taken to the border with neighboring Ukraine in their new month-long strike against EU policies and unfair competition from abroad. The Solidarity trade union announced on Feb. 9 that it would begin blocking roads and border crossings with Ukraine until March 10. The group then announced on Feb. 13 that it […]
For the second day in a row, Michał Kołodziejczak, Poland’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, has arrived to oversee the inspection of agricultural goods imported from Ukraine. Source: Polish radio station RMF24, as reported by European Pravda Details: In his social media posts, Kołodziejczak indicated that he was going to inspect the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint on Sunday […]
Traffic can now move freely through all checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border, though checkpoints on the Romanian border are still being blocked. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guards Service of Ukraine on Ukraine’s national 24/7 newscast Quote: “Unfortunately, [Ukrainian-Romanian border] continues to be blocked at the Porubne and Krasnoilsk checkpoints on our […]
A third driver died at the Polish-Ukrainian border amid the ongoing blockade by Polish protesters, Suspilne reported on Dec. 16, citing Volodymyr Balin, the vice-president of the Association of International Carriers of Ukraine. Polish carriers began blocking four crossings with Ukraine in November in protest of the EU’s liberalization of transit rules for Ukrainian truckers. […]