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Poland has asked the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine to extend the pilot abolition of the e-Queue project for empty vehicles at three checkpoints, Deputy Infrastructure Minister Serhiy Derkach said on Feb. 20, according to news agency Interfax-Ukraine.
Polish farmers blocked the railway near the Shehyni-Medyka checkpoint and spilled some grain out of a freight train wagon on the morning of 20 February. Source: Suspilne correspondent, as reported by European Pravda Details: Suspilne published photos and videos of the spilled grain.
Agricultural exports from Poland in 2023 nearly halved, dropping from $234 thousand in January 2023 to $128.5 thousand in December 2023, while the export amount rebounded slightly to $136.34 thousand in January 2024, said Ukraine’s Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry.