• 09/21/2024

Polish border blockade: lorries wait almost 6 days to enter Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine

The waiting time for lorries to enter Ukraine reaches up to six days due to the Polish hauliers blocking traffic at certain checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border.

Source: Ukrinform with reference to Polish National Revenue Administration

Details: The Polish National Revenue Administration said the approximate waiting time for crossing the border toward Ukraine at checkpoints is:

  • Hrebenne-Rava Ruska – 140 hours (almost 6 days);
  • Medyka-Shehyni – 67 hours;
  • Dorohusk-Yahodyn – 39 hours.

Background:

  • Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service commented on the situation on the Ukrainian-Polish border, where Polish hauliers have been blocking truck traffic for the last two days.
  • Earlier, dozens of Polish hauliers began to blockade three crossings on the border with Ukraine.
  • Vasyl Zvarych, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Poland, called the border blockade “a painful stab in Ukraine’s back” and urged the hauliers to stop.

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