Polish farmers decided not to let trucks from Ukraine to Poland through the Uhryniv checkpoint

Polish farmers have decided not to let trucks traveling from Ukraine to Poland through the Uhryniv checkpoint from 9:00 a.m. today. There are also zero rates of truck passage in the direction of Shehyni and Yahodyn checkpoints, which are heading to Poland. This was reported to UNN by the spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, Andriy Demchenko.

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"2 200 (trucks in line - ed.) in six directions, because there are also queues at the Krakivets checkpoint. The Krakivets checkpoint is still unblocked," Demchenko said.

When asked what the current situation is in the direction of the unblocked Krakivets checkpoint, Demchenko replied: "The traffic is heavy in accordance with the capacity of this direction.

"The largest queue opposite the Yahodyn checkpoint is  out of five blocked, almost 600 are at Krakivets and more than 350 trucks are opposite Rava-Ruska," said Demchenko.

In addition, Demchenko said that there were zero trucks passing through the Shehyni and Yahodyn checkpoints heading to Poland.

"Also, a very small number of trucks cross the border towards Ukraine in these directions. For example, there were 40 trucks at Yahodyne over the past day, and 30 trucks at Shehynia," he said.

Also today, starting from 9:00 a.m. Kyiv time, according to information from Polish colleagues, protesters also decided not to let trucks traveling from Ukraine to Poland through the Uhryniv checkpoint

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On March 10, Demchenko reported that Polish farmers had unblocked the checkpoint "Krakivets" by March 13.

Polish farmers are blocking five directions: Shehyni, Rava-Ruska, Yahodyn, Ustyluh, and Uhryniv checkpoints.

As a result of the farmers' blockade of the border with Poland, the Ukrainian economy lost about $500 million.