Ukraine says movement of lorries restored after suspension of protest, but truckers’ blockades of three other crossings continue
Polish farmers have ended their blockade of one of the border crossings between Ukraine and Poland and the movement of lorries has been fully restored, the Ukrainian border service has said.
“Truck traffic has been restored: Polish farmers have ended the blockade in front of the Medyka-Shehyni crossing,” the service said on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday.
The service quoted the Polish border guard as saying that the protest action in front of the crossing ended at 9.30am Kyiv time (0730 GMT) on Sunday.
“Registration and crossing of trucks entering Ukraine is carried out as usual,” it added.
OK, except that it was also farmers. The truckers started the protests because of the EU allowing the Ukrainian’s to operate without the usual restrictions, and farmers later joined the protest, just not for the same reasons; they wanted corn subsidies and for taxes to not be increased. The truckers are still blocking 3 border crossings.