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Poland to keep ban on Ukrainian food imports

Poland will maintain an indefinite ban on imports of Ukrainian wheat, corn, canola, and sunflower seeds despite recent changes to EU–Ukraine trade rules, the country’s agriculture ministry announced on Oct. 29.

30 October 2025, 12:21 AM

Polish oil industry demands lifting Ukrainian crop embargo

Polish oil producers urge to unblock rapeseed imports from Ukraine, warning that a raw material shortage in this season could reach at least 0.5 million tons — severely affecting Polish processing plants, Money.pl reported on July 17.

18 July 2025, 01:20 PM

Poland looks to buy or lease port in Odesa

The Polish government is exploring options to purchase or lease a port in Odesa Oblast, Polish Deputy Agriculture Minister Michal Kolodziejczak told Polsat News on April 4.

4 April 2025, 11:38 PM

Polish farmers vow to resume mass border blockades in December if demands aren't met

The suspension of border blockades by Polish farmers is temporary, and protest actions could resume in December on a much larger scale, according to one of the strike leaders, Roman Kondrów, news agency Interfax-Ukraine reported on Nov. 25.

25 November 2024, 06:16 PM

Polish farmers block Ukrainian border in protest over EU trade deal

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement has reignited protests on the Polish-Ukrainian border, with blockades resuming on Nov. 23-24, Polish outlet Puls Biznesu wrote on Nov. 24.

25 November 2024, 12:20 PM

Polish farmers launch protest at border, truck exits from Ukraine fully blocked

Polish farmers began a protest on Nov. 23, in the village of Medyka, located at the border with Ukraine. They blocked the road leading to the Shehyni checkpoint, preventing trucks from crossing into Poland, RMF24 reports.

23 November 2024, 11:25 AM

Polish farmers deploy pig manure to deter migrants at Belarus border

Polish farmers have started spreading pig manure along fields near the Belarusian border to deter illegal Muslim migrants, the Polish portal Ceny Rolnicze reported on June 18.

18 June 2024, 06:55 PM

Polish protesters set date to unblock Ukraine border

Poles announced the time of the termination of the truck traffic blockade across the Ukrainian-Polish border, the Western Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service reported on Facebook on June 6.

6 June 2024, 09:00 PM

Poland lifts blockade at all border crossings with Ukraine, Border Guard Service reports

Polish farmers concluded their blockade of Ukrainian trucks at the Rava-Ruska-Hrebenne checkpoint at 10 a.m. EET, with truck traffic now resuming, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service reported on Facebook on April 29.

29 April 2024, 01:45 PM

Polish protesters end truck blockade at major Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint on Ukraine border

Polish protesters ended the blockade of trucks on the road leading to the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint, which had been going on since Feb. 9, the State Border Guard Service reported on April 22.

22 April 2024, 05:53 PM

Polish border blockade shows systemic crisis — UA Economy Ministry

Blocking the Ukrainian border by Polish farmers is not a government action but a systemic crisis in Poland, Ukraine’s Deputy Economy Minister, Taras Kachka, said on national television, Ukrinform reported on April 19.

19 April 2024, 03:47 PM

'Stop hurting Ukraine' - Polish PM Tusk asks farmers to end border blockades

Warning that the fate of the war could be decided soon, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on protesting farmers to end their border blockades, Polish Radio reported.

19 April 2024, 01:33 PM

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.

16 April 2024, 05:42 PM

Polish protesters freeze Ukraine border at three major checkpoints, halting truck traffic

Polish farmers continue to block truck traffic at three checkpoints – Yahodyn, Rava-Ruska and Uhryniv, spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service, Andriy Demchenko, told news agency Ukrinform on April 16.

16 April 2024, 02:52 PM

Farmers' protests cause grief for Ukrainians, and ‘shameful’ embarrassment for many Poles, says Polish political expert

Recent polls show that a majority of Polish citizens support the farmer protests at the Ukrainian border, but some of the protester's statements are not in line with Polish society, Polish political expert and editor-in-chief of the influential Polish magazine Krytyka Polityczna, Sławomir Sierakowski, said in an April 6 interview with NV.

9 April 2024, 12:13 PM

Polish and Ukrainian agricultural groups to meet this month to hammer out blockade-ending compromise

The next meeting of the Ukrainian and Polish Agrarian Associations regarding the transit of agricultural products will be held on April 5, with a more extensive meeting set for the second half of April, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotskyi said on air of national telethon on March 30.

1 April 2024, 09:53 AM

Poland aims to halt Ukrainian grain transit from April, negotiations with Kyiv underway

Warsaw expects to conclude negotiations with Kyiv this week to implement licenses for agricultural products, aiming to halt Ukrainian grain transit through Poland from Apr. 1, said Polish Minister of Development and Technology Krzysztof Hetman in an interview with Radio Lublin on March 25.

25 March 2024, 06:15 PM

Polish farmers suspend protests at Russian border, but continue blockade of Ukrainian checkpoints

Polish farmers have suspended their protest in the village of Grzechotki on the border with Russia due to the upcoming Easter holidays, Polish Radio reported on March 24, citing the organizers of the action.

25 March 2024, 11:36 AM

Polish farmers launch nationwide strike, block Ukrainian border

Polish farmers launched a nationwide strike on March 20, completely blocking two border crossings with Ukraine. Michał Potocki, a journalist for the Polish newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, explained to Radio NV the peculiarities and main goal of the protests, which this time are concentrated on major highways instead of Warsaw.

20 March 2024, 05:30 PM

Poles block buses from Ukraine — passengers detained without explanation

Polish protesters and police at border checkpoints are halting buses traveling to and from Ukraine, detaining passengers without explanation, Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister reported on X on March 11.

11 March 2024, 05:50 PM

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