Employers’ and road transporters’ unions in Ukraine have called on the country’s President Vladimir Zelensky to intervene in the situation by closing checkpoints on the Polish border. The Ukrainian publication “League” writes about this.
It was announced that this call was made by the Employers’ Federation and the Ukrainian International Road Transport Association. According to activists, Zelensky should negotiate with Polish President Andrzej Duda about the blockade of the border by Polish aircraft carriers.
According to journalists, the direct damage of the border blockade to the Ukrainian economy exceeded 400 million Euros. It is stated that this figure reaches billions when fines, penalties and contract losses are taken into account.
Before that RBC-Ukraine WroteIt was stated that there may be difficulties in European goods in Ukraine due to the blocking of transportation at the Polish border.
Polish carriers to obstruct The passage of cars across the Polish-Ukrainian border from 6 November. The reason for the protests was the loss of competition with Ukrainian rivals who priced their services much cheaper.
On 23 November, Polish carriers blocked traffic Freight transport at another checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border – “Medica”.
Previously it was on the border of Poland and Ukraine lined up truck queue.