“AgroAbras and fireworks: farmers staged a large-scale protest in Warsaw
27 February 23:27
Farmers held a protest in the centre of Warsaw on Defilad Square, lighting bonfires and flares. This is reported by the Polish edition of polsatnews, according to Kommersant Ukrainian
It is noted that a crowd of farmers gathered in the centre of Warsaw. They lit a bonfire and set off flares on the Parade Square. The police intervened in the situation.
The protesters carried flags and banners with the slogan “Wall for the Farmer”. They also set up an installation in the form of a tank made of hay bales, which was equipped with an AgroAbrams poster.

It is noted that at the beginning of the march, the protesters moved in a different direction than previously announced, pushed the police through, and lit flares.
The farmers also chanted “close the borders”.
Soon after, OPZZ representative Slawomir Izdebski spoke, claiming that the protesters had the support of several tens of thousands of people and that they had only three demands, including an agreement with the government.
In the afternoon, representatives of the protesters spoke to the Speaker of the Sejm, Shimon Holovna. Then they went to the Prime Minister’s office.
After the rally, representatives of the farmers reported that the negotiations had ended without result and that another protest would take place in the capital.
Polish Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Sekerski said the day before that due to the difficult situation of Polish farmers, Poland would demand changes to the Green Deal from the EU.
Border blockade
on9 February 2024, Polish farmers launched a new nationwide strike and blockade of the border with Ukraine, which will last until 10 March. The initiator was the independent farmers’ trade union Solidarity. The main demand of the protesters is to cancel the preferential trade regime with Ukraine and to return the permit system for importing goods into Poland.
Meanwhile, Poland has already imposed an embargo on Ukrainian grain, Polish Deputy Agriculture Minister Michal Kolodziejczak said.
Polish Minister of Development and Technology Krzysztof Hetman, in turn, said that Poland could impose an embargo on all Ukrainian agricultural products.
Ukrainians responded by blocking the border for Polish trucks.
The situation is deteriorating every day. There are cases of Ukrainian agricultural products in transit being dumped in Poland. For example, on the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, on 24 February, at around 9am, unknown persons damaged freight wagons with beans. On 25 February, eight wagons with Ukrainian corn were opened.
On 26 February, Polish farmers began blocking the border with Germany to prevent Ukrainian grain from entering the German market.
Starting from 1 March, carriers plan to join the protests of Polish farmers.