New border blockade: Polish farmers plan to protest again
Polish farmers will block a section of the border for trucks again
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported a new protest by Polish farmers. They are going to close only one checkpoint, Rava-Ruska – Krebenne. Truck traffic will be restricted.
According to the SBGS press service, on June 4, from 10:00 a.m. Kyiv time until the afternoon of June 6, Polish farmers plan to block the cargo area at the Rava-Ruska-Krebenne checkpoint.
“Therefore, the traffic of trucks leaving Ukraine is expected to stop completely. The Polish side will allow no more than 24 trucks per day (two runs of 12 trucks each) and up to 4 trucks per hour with humanitarian cargo to enter Ukraine,” the statement said.
As you know, the Poles now have new claims against Ukraine, although the logic of the protesters is not fully understood. Farmers are dissatisfied with the fall in prices for their seasonal agricultural products, particularly strawberries. In addition, they complain that they lack laborers – Ukrainian men no longer go to Poland to work because they are at war.
Protests on the Polish border
At the end of April, the protests at the border, which had been going on for over a year, subsided. However, on May 10, farmers resumed the blockade on the border with Ukraine at the Dolhobychuv-Uhryniv checkpoint, which lasted only one day.
As Informator wrote, on March 28, the Ukrainian delegation was on a visit to Poland. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk meet in Warsaw. After all the consultations, the parties signed a joint statement. The agreements, in particular, relate to the settlement of the situation at the border, trade between the countries, and military assistance to Kyiv. However, Poland has significantly restricted the transit of agricultural products from Ukraine through its territory.
