Blockade of border with Ukraine: Polish carriers may block another checkpoint
The number of blocked checkpoints on the Polish border may increase to five. Polish carriers are considering the possibility of blocking the Nyzhankovychi-Malhowice crossing point.
Source: State Customs Service on Telegram, as European Pravda reports
Quote: "According to unconfirmed information, there are plans to extend the blockade to the Nyzhankovychi-Malhowice checkpoint as well. There, the electronic queue of trucks leaving Ukraine has grown from 1,300 to 2,000 vehicles."
Details: Rafał Mekler, the campaign organiser to block checkpoints on the border with Ukraine and head of the Lublin branch of the far-right Confederation party, published a map showing marked places on the border with crosses and indicating the "windows" that are still open for leaving Ukraine.
"There is room for escalation," Meckler wrote.
Two checkpoints open for empty trucks remain unblocked on the Polish border: Nyzhankovychi-Malhowice and Ustyluh-Zosin.
As Mekler said, the protesters insist on returning to the system of issuing permits to Ukrainian freight carriers in the European Union, which will not apply to humanitarian and military aid, as well as the creation of separate corridors and a "live" queue for the exit of empty cars with EU licence plates at checkpoints.
"As soon as we receive it on the paper, we will leave the border. The ball is in Ukraine's court," Mekler wrote.
Previously: As reported, Polish carriers, who have been blocking three checkpoints on the border with Ukraine for trucks since 6 November, began blocking another checkpoint, Medyka-Shehyni, on Thursday. Their blockade may last until 3 January.
Background:
- Rafał Mekler, the campaign organiser to block checkpoints on the border with Ukraine and head of the Lublin branch of the far-right Confederation party, has announced that Polish carriers intend to extend the protest until 1 February 2024.
- The Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) has appealed to the new Sejm and the Senate of Poland, in which it called on parliamentarians to immediately find ways out of the situation on the Ukrainian-Polish border.
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