Poland

Polish farmers are planning to block traffic at the Swieczko border crossing with Germany from Sunday to Wednesday, protesting the government's inaction to meet their demands.

Polish farmers are going to temporarily unblock truck traffic to the border with Ukraine at the Dorohusk checkpoint, allowing Ukrainian drivers to return home, but the protest will continue.

Poland has joined the Czech initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine from non-EU countries, but the Polish Foreign Minister refused to disclose the amount of money allocated for this purpose.

The Czech Republic secured an opportunity to purchase an additional 200,000 units of artillery ammunition for Ukraine from third countries.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has not received any information from the Polish side that protesters in Poland are restricting or blocking bus traffic, but cannot rule out that buses may be hampered by the blockade.

There are 500 trucks in line at the Korczowa-Krakovets checkpoint. Polish farmers plan to resume blocking truck traffic on March 13.

Polish farmers continue to block truck traffic at 5 checkpoints, not allowing any truck to go to Poland in Shehyny, Yahodyna, Uhryniv and Ustyluh. Due to the blockade, 1500 trucks are waiting in line.

Ukraine needs Soviet-style ammunition, which can be purchased more cheaply from Balkan countries that have stockpiles, but they refuse to supply directly, so the US and EU can help Ukraine buy it from them.

Due to the electricity surplus, Ukraine transferred 1488 MWh of excess electricity to Poland. Russian shelling caused new damage to power grids in Dnipropetrovs'k and Chernihiv regions.

Polish law enforcement officials deny accusations of blocking passenger buses from Ukraine, saying that the buses are crossing the border with Poland without hindrance.

The Consul of Ukraine in Poland went to the Dorohusk border checkpoint, where Polish protesters are blocking the movement of passenger buses from Ukraine.

Ukraine faces difficulties in procuring ammunition because the global arms market is monopolized and controlled by large players, forcing Ukraine to use intermediary countries.

Polish protesters blocking truck traffic on the Ukrainian-Polish border have started stopping passenger buses, detaining women, children and military personnel without explanation, which is unacceptable, according to Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov.

Polish farmers plan to resume blocking trucks at the Korchova-Krakivets border crossing on March 13, reports the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Polish farmers will stop letting trucks from Ukraine through the Zosin-Ustylug checkpoint.

Polish President Andrzej Duda plans to propose raising the requirements for NATO defense spending from 2% to 3% of GDP during his upcoming visit to the United States and talks with the allies.

Polish farmers blocked 5 checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border and decided not to let trucks from Ukraine to Poland through the Uhryniv checkpoint.

Due to favorable weather conditions and excessive production of electricity at solar power plants in Ukraine, renewable electricity generation has been limited, and no shortage of electricity is expected.

NATO troops can carry out support activities directly on the territory of Ukraine without violating international rules, Czech President Petr Pavel said.

Polish farmers have unblocked the Krakovets checkpoint, allowing about 600 Ukrainian trucks that were previously stuck there to cross the border, but continue to block traffic on 5 other directions, where about 1700 trucks are still queuing at the Ukrainian-Polish border.

Russians damaged equipment at a Ukrenergo substation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and gas distribution networks in Kharkiv Oblast, but consumers were not left without electricity and gas supply.

Sweden conducted its first military flights near Russia's borders after joining NATO: a reconnaissance plane flew over Poland near Kaliningrad and Belarus, and another radar plane worked over the Baltic Sea.

France is forming an alliance of countries open to the potential deployment of Western troops to Ukraine, deepening its confrontation with a more cautious Germany.

Polish farmers announced new nationwide protests on March 20, blocking transportation routes from 7:00 a. m. to 7:00 p.m. to demand action from the government as their farms face bankruptcy.

A Russian drone attacked a 330 kV Ukrenergo substation in Zaporizhzhya Region. There were also temporary blackouts in Odessa, Kharkiv, Kirovograd, Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

About 2,300 trucks are waiting to enter Ukraine as Polish farmers continue to block traffic at six border crossings, with the most difficult situation at Yahodyn and Shehyni, but protesters have decided to temporarily suspend the blockade of the Krakivets checkpoint until about February 13.

Ukraine is on track to join NATO, with strong relations and structures such as the NATO-Ukraine Council, despite the Russian invasion aimed at stopping NATO's eastward expansion.

Ukraine and Poland are close to resolving the import conflict through negotiations that will allow for the introduction of temporary security measures to protect Polish farmers from the flow of Ukrainian agricultural imports.

In January-February 2024, Ukraine's foreign trade deficit in goods reached $3. 2 billion, with imports amounting to $10 billion and exports to $6.8 billion.

At the beginning of the full-scale war, some countries were reluctant to sell ammunition to Ukraine because they feared it would lose, the expert points out.