Ukraine's State Border Guard Service has reported on the situation at the border sections with Poland and Slovakia that have been blocked by local hauliers. Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing Andrii Demchenko, Spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, as reported by European Pravda Details: Demchenko said that as of Friday morning, about 2,100 cargo vehicles are waiting in queue to enter Ukraine at the Ukraine-Poland border.
Ukraine on Friday said that the fallout from a weeks-long protest by Polish truckers on their countries' shared border was "catastrophic", as Slovak hauliers also began blockading crossings with their war-torn neighbour. - Slovak truckers join protest -
As the situation on the Polish border worsened, Slovak truckers mirrored their northern neighbours and also began blockading crossings with Ukraine.
The passage of trucks and buses resumed at the Uhrynów-Dołhobyczów checkpoint on the border with Poland on the evening of 28 November. Source: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Quote: "As of 18:30, the power supply at the Uhrynów-Dołhobyczów checkpoint has been restored.
Ukraine asked Poland to open additional checkpoints for the passage of empty cargo vehicles to alleviate Ukrainian and Polish truckers during the border blockade, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Nov. 24, citing Deputy Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi.
Hauliers on the territory of Slovakia began to block the truck traffic through the Vyšné Nemecké checkpoint. Source: Spokesman for the State Border Service of Ukraine Andrii Demchenko in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda.