Polish farmers blocked roads nationwide and at border crossings with Ukraine on Friday, kicking off a month-long general strike to protest against EU policies and a lack of government action to protect their livelihoods. Polish farmers have been particularly vocal about the impact of cheap food imports from neighbouring Ukraine. About 100 farmers and 50 cars blocked the approach to Medyka border crossing, blocking traffic for all vehicles, Ukrainian border service spokesman Andriy Demchenko said on television.
could take the entire city within 30 days after that. norah. o donnell: chris livesay with all that new reporting. thank you. well, as the russian bombardment intensifies, the number of civilians fleeing ukraine to neighboring countries has reached nearly 700,000. the crowds getting so large, that the wait time at some checkpoints is now around five days. cbs christina ruffini is at thh long, ld jouto pd it setely danustodon t want stay here. reporter: the e.u. says four million people could be forced to flee. so we re on the ukrainian side of the medyka border crossing. all these people have been walking all night to get here, and they still have to wait to get into poland. at this receiving center a few miles away, volunteers from all over europe have come to offer
what he understand, depending which direction you re measuring. to the polish border. this is close to medyka border crossing, the busiest border crossing in all of poland, talking tens of thousands cross canning over the border at that point every single day. so it is of top concern to people who live in the area and also to people who are evacuating, and it s also raised this question once again. we heard the ukraine defense minister asking again today for a no-fly zone over ukraine, pressing u.s. officials again to enforce a no-fly zone to the western part of the country, so it can be protected. also been an issue of the jets. the migs that poland in the past, over the past few days offered up to the united states saying, we ll hand them back to the u.s. in the hopes the u.s. would transfer them to ukraine. so there s a lot of question now
he finds a lift for the next leg of his trek, towards a country he s never been to and a fight for people he has no blood links with. with that, he was gone. later that evening, he confirmed he was close to lviv. back at the medyka border crossing, the queues and crowds have markedly increased to when we first arrived a few days previously.
of his trek, towards a country he s never been to and a fight for people he has no blood links with. with that, he was gone. later that evening, he confirmed he was close to lviv. back at the medyka border crossing, the queues and crowds have markedly increased to when we first arrived a few days previously.