Polish farmers continue to block the movement of trucks at six checkpoints, reports Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service. There are approximately 2,350 trucks in queues in Poland. At the same time, as of today, farmers have completely blocked truck traffic at the Shehyni checkpoint.
According to Demchenko, the situation at the Yahodyn, Ustyluh, Uhryniv, Rava-Ruska, Shehyni and Krakovets checkpoints has not changed much in recent days, but today at the Shehyni checkpoint at 1 p.m. Polish farmers refused to let any trucks pass through, both in the direction of Ukraine and Poland.
“However, even before that, there was a critical minimum of truck crossings in this area. For example, only 47 vehicles in both directions crossed the border in this direction over the past day,” said the State Border Guard Service spokesman.
At the moment, the trucks are not moving at all.
He also reported a significant decrease in capacity at the Yahodyn checkpoint: 111 trucks heading from Poland to Ukraine crossed the border there yesterday, while Polish farmers still do not allow any trucks heading to Poland.
“In recent days, there have been zero border crossings in the direction of Poland,” he said.
On the morning of February 20, Polish farmers launched a general strike, blocking roads, key communication hubs and checkpoints on the border with Ukraine in nearly 200 locations across the country.
On February 27, thousands of Polish farmers took to the streets of Warsaw with national flags to protest against imports of agricultural products from Ukraine and the European Union’s “green deal.”
On February 28, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that the Polish and Ukrainian governments are negotiating a temporary border closure to stop trade. The Ukrainian Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Transport denied this, emphasizing that such an option was not voiced at all during the negotiations.
