Polish farmers are protesting against the import of cheap Ukrainian agricultural products. The farmers' blockades have led to long queues of trucks at the border with Ukraine. In Wroclaw last Thursday, Polish farmers threw rotten eggs in front of the European Commission representation and a voivodship building. Moderate tones from the Czech Republic. This Thursday there will be a joint protest by farmers from Latvia to Romania, in which the Czech farmers also want to take part. The duty-free import of Ukrainian products in particular is causing problems for EU farmers.
Road traffic into the EU via Poland has been an export lifeline for Ukrainian companies since Russia's invasion complicated major trading routes through the Black Sea.
Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine and Minister of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development, held urgent talks with Jacek Siewiera, head of Poland's National Security Bureau, regarding reports of Polish farmers blocking buses at the border, the Ministry said on Facebook on Feb. 19.
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Polish farmers have completely blocked truck traffic in both directions at the international checkpoint Dorohusk-Yahodyn and tried to disrupt train traffic with Ukraine. Source: European Pravda with reference to the State Customs Service of Ukraine Details: Truck traffic at the Dorohusk-Yahodyn checkpoint has been completely blocked in both directions by Polish farmers since 9:00 Kyiv time.