Polish strikers blocking the border demand return of
European transportation for Ukrainians to reduce the number of Ukrainian
carriers in Europe. This was stated on the air of the telethon by Deputy Minister
of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Serhiy Derkach said during a telethon, according to
correspondent of UNN.
Details
During the negotiations with representatives of the Polish authorities and protesters
discussed compromise solutions, in particular, to speed up the departure of empty
vehicles from Ukraine. According to him, no compromises have been reached so far.
have been reached.
Representatives of Polish strikers say that Ukrainians will still travel to Poland and this does not suit them.
to Poland anyway, and they are not happy about it. They used to work for Ukraine, Russia and
Belarus, and now Russia and Belarus are closed to them as part of the geography of their
business, so they suffer economically and want to increase the number of
transportation to Ukraine. To do this, they need to artificially reduce the number of
of Ukrainians traveling to Poland and other European countries. They want to do this
by returning the permits and getting their government to reduce the number of
permits for Ukrainian carriers
Situation at the border
At one of the blocked checkpoints, namely Krakivets-Korchova,
vehicles are allowed through, but there are also protesters on one of the roads
protesters are standing on one of the roads, limiting the capacity of the checkpoint. On other roads
one car per hour is allowed through. Although sometimes the protesters violate
even this agreement.
Serhiy Derkach noted that the Ukrainian side records every case when
humanitarian aid or dangerous goods are delayed due to the strike, and
passes this information to the EU and the Polish government.
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