Today, 13 March, Polish protesters are resuming the blockade of the Korczowa-Krakowiec checkpoint. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Kommersant Ukrainian reports
Traditionally, it is a blockade of freight traffic.
According to the SBGS, the blocking will include the following actions:
- blocking the road on which trucks are moving to leave Poland and enter Ukraine at a distance of up to 1 km to the checkpoint;
- blocking of the A4 motorway at a distance of up to 500 metres to the checkpoint (previously, there was no blocking here).
The protesters allegedly promised not to affect the movement of passenger transport (cars and buses) in both directions.
The blockade of the border
Problems at the border began on 6 November 2023, when Polish transport companies began blocking truck traffic at three major checkpoints on the Ukrainian border: “Korczowa-Krakowiec, Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska, and Dorohusk-Yagodyn. One of the requirements was to reinstate the permits for Ukrainian carriers that had been cancelled under the agreement with the EU by 30 June 2024.
On6 January, truck traffic to the Medyka-Shehyni border crossingin Poland resumed. Three other border crossing points were opened on 17 January, namely Dorohusk – Yagodyn, Hrebenne – Rava-Ruska, and Korczowa – Krakivets.
on 9 February 2024, Polish farmers began a new nationwide strike and blockade of the border with Ukraine, which is scheduled to last until the end of April. 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 to 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.