Polish farmers lift border blockade on one of the routes
16 April 2024 16:09
Polish farmers have stopped blocking truck traffic in front of the Dolhobychuv-Uhryniv checkpoint. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
“The clearance and passage of trucks in both directions is now carried out as usual.
Currently, 100 trucks are waiting to leave Ukraine at this checkpoint. In Poland, 30 trucks are waiting to cross the border.
In general, Polish farmers continue to block the border crossing for Ukrainian trucks. Yesterday, on 15 April, they did not allow a single truck to cross into Poland at the three checkpoints of Yagodyn, Rava-Ruska and Uhryniv.
Border blockade and trade wars
on 9 February 2024, Polish farmers launched a nationwide strike and blockade of the border with Ukraine, which is scheduled to last until the end of April. The initiator was the independent farmers’ trade union Solidarity. The main demand of the protesters is to cancel the preferential trade regime with Ukraine and to return the permit system for importing goods into Poland. According to the Polish farmers, cheap and low-quality Ukrainian products have flooded Polish and European markets and are driving Polish producers out of them.
As part of the protest, Polish farmers block truck traffic, even transit traffic, at checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border, and sometimes even the movement of freight trains across the border. On several occasions, protesters have poured Ukrainian grain directly onto the ground. The Polish government has hardly reacted to these actions, has not tried to unblock the routes and generally supports the protesters’ position. Poland has imposed an embargo on Ukrainian grain and threatens to impose an embargo on all Ukrainian agricultural products.
