Polish protesters suspend blockade of Uhryniv-Dołhobyczów checkpoint
Polish farmers stopped blocking trucks on the road leading to the Uhryniv-Dołhobyczów checkpoint, the State Border Guard Service reported on April 16.
The registration and passage of trucks in both directions is carried out as usual.
100 trucks are currently waiting to leave Ukraine at this checkpoint, and another 30 are waiting for clearance in Poland, according to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko said earlier that Polish protesters had been preventing trucks from passing through the Yahodyn, Rava-Ruska and Uhryniv checkpoints towards Poland for a whole day.
Blockade of the Ukrainian-Polish border
Polish protesters began to restrict traffic on the border with Ukraine on Feb. 20, 2024. Trucks were blocked at the Medyka-Shehyni, Dołhobyczów-Uhryniv, Zosin-Ustyluh, Korczowa-Krakivets, Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska, and Dorohusk-Yahodyn checkpoints.
The blockade of the border was accompanied by political provocations and damage to Ukrainian agricultural products.
The farmers put forward many demands, including two main ones: the abolition of duty-free trade with Ukraine and the complete closure of the Ukrainian-Polish border for trucks.
The European Parliament Committee supported the extension of duty-free trade for Ukraine on March 7, 2024.
Ukraine announced on the same day that it was ready to restrict trade with the EU, but on its own terms.
Polish farmers went on a nationwide strike on March 20, with road blockades and protests taking place across the country. They completely blocked truck traffic at the Yahodyn and Rava-Ruska border crossings.
Polish farmers were also not letting trucks leave Ukraine at the Yahodyn and Rava-Ruska checkpoints on March 24.
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