Polish farmers have resumed their protest at the Shehyni-Medica checkpoint. At 09:00 on January 4, they began blocking traffic at the checkpoint.
According to the State Border Guard Service, traffic is likely to be hampered both when leaving and entering Poland.
“About 800 trucks are currently waiting to enter Ukraine on the territory of Poland in this direction,” the statement said.
According to the protest leader Roman Kondruv, they will let three trucks through per hour. They also promise to let humanitarian cargo and vehicles with perishable goods through without delay. Cars and buses can cross the border as usual.
The protest is expected to last until February 3.
At the same time, the Polish media have already reported that farmers from the association “Deceived Village” have resumed blocking the checkpoint at Medyka.
“We want to sign an agreement, a bilateral agreement, that is, between the ministry and the farmers, if such an agreement is signed, the protest will be suspended as soon as possible,” said protest leader Roman Kondrov, Polsat News reported.
According to him, this time the protest will have a tougher form – only one truck from the queue will be allowed to pass per hour.
What are the requirements of Polish farmers
On January 3, Polish farmers announced that they would resume the blockade of the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint on January 4 if they did not receive written guarantees that their demands would be met.
In particular, they demand subsidies for the purchase of corn and to leave the agricultural tax unchanged. The leader of the protesters assured that “written guarantees will automatically end the blockade of the checkpoint”.
In turn, the Polish government promised that it would try to convince the strikers to stop blocking the passage of trucks on the border with Ukraine.
