Roughly 1,300 trucks are currently waiting in line at the Polish border with Ukraine, but the pace of passing the border has been quicker after the blockade was completely lifted, State Border Guard spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said on Jan. 28.
Traffic can now move freely through all checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border, though checkpoints on the Romanian border are still being blocked. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guards Service of Ukraine on Ukraine's national 24/7 newscast Quote: "Unfortunately, [Ukrainian-Romanian border] continues to be blocked at the Porubne and Krasnoilsk checkpoints on our side.
Romanian farmers and truckers started blocking another border crossing with Ukraine as protests in Romania have continued for over a week, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service reported on Jan. 18.
The transit of Ukrainian lorries through the Diakove border checkpoint has been hindered by the erection of a blockade on the Romanian side. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Details: Demchenko stated that on 18 January, the Romanian Border Police received word that the Halmeu checkpoint, on the opposite side of the border from the Ukrainian Diakove checkpoint in Zakarpattia Oblast, had been blocked.
The queue of vehicles at the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint, which the Polish farmers have stopped blocking, is longer than at the three blocked checkpoints. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine's State Border Guard Service (SBGS), during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "The blockade is ongoing.