Head of the Ukrainian State Border Service Andrey Demchenko said that 2.8 thousand trucks were stranded on the Polish border. He made such statements during the broadcast of a national charity campaign.
Polish road carriers closed checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border, demanding the European Union introduce mandatory international road transport permits for Ukrainian truck drivers; this permission was canceled after the start of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine. Only a few cars per hour are reported to cross the border.
November 14, representative of the State Border Service of Ukraine Andrey Demchenko statedIt was stated that Ukraine and Poland could not reach an agreement during negotiations to unblock border checkpoints for Ukrainian carriers. Demchenko announced that the Yagodin, Krakovets and Rava-Russkaya checkpoints were blocked. At that time, 2.3 thousand trucks were waiting to pass.
Previously Polish police helped Ukrainian trucks went off the road due to protests.