State Border Guard Service: traffic of all categories of vehicles is suspended at Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint
Kyiv • UNN
Polish protesters completely suspend traffic through the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border until 20:00 on Wednesday.
Polish protesters are completely suspending the movement of all categories of vehicles through the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint on the border with Ukraine. The traffic will be blocked until 20:00 on Wednesday. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, UNN reports.
Attention, according to information from the Polish border guards, the passage of trucks and buses will be completely suspended until approximately 20:00
As noted, the protesters will not let passenger cars through. However, for cars on the neighboring side, there is a possibility to bypass the protesters, the State Border Guard Service said in a statement.
The agency also asked Ukrainians to take this information into account when planning trips across the border.
Recall
Polish farmers began to block the movement of buses at the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint.
Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction and Minister of Community, Territorial and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov addressed Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski over the blocking of buses and said that people cannot be held hostage to political confrontations in a civilized country.