Over 2,000 vehicles are waiting at blocked checkpoints on Polish side

European Pravda, Ukrainska Pravda — Sunday, 26 November 2023, 12:44

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About 2,000 vehicles are waiting to enter Ukraine at three checkpoints blocked by Polish hauliers.

Source: Ukrainian Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development on 26 November, writes European Pravda

Details: The ministry said on 25 November that with the help of the Association of International Road Carriers, 2,500 litres of water, 1,200 meals and all necessary medicine were distributed to the drivers stuck at the border at the Yahodyn-Dorogusk checkpoint. Under normal circumstances, 680 trucks travelled through the border crossing per day, yet now due to the blockade only several dozen manage to do so.

Quote: "On the Polish side of the border, over 800 trucks are waiting in the physical queue," the report said.

It is reported that the number of trucks in the physical queue from the Polish side of the Krakivets-Korczowa and Rava-Ruska-Hrebenne border crossings is 700 and 600 vehicles, respectively.

Drivers and hauliers stuck in the queue can contact the following support lines.

The ministry noted that since last week a headquarters for helping Ukrainian drivers has been established jointly with specialised associations. The ministry also asked the EU to send monitoring groups to the blocked checkpoints in order to evaluate the real situation on the border.

Background:

Polish hauliers have been blocking trucks at three border checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border since 6 November. On Thursday, 23 November, they started blocking an additional checkpoint, Medyka-Shehyni. They might continue blocking the checkpoints up until 3 January 2024.
On 22 November, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) addressed the new Sejm and the Senate of Poland calling on parliamentarians to immediately find ways out of the situation on the Ukrainian-Polish border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that Kyiv has an understanding of how to act and that the shifts will have to "take a little time".

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