Until 20,000 Ukrainian vehicles, mostly trucksThey are waiting their turn on both sides of the Polish border. Polish carriers what do they think unfair competition The fact that you have colleagues from the neighboring country free movement in the community area.
At the beginning of the week, Polish strike blockades began at the main border crossings between Ukraine and this member state of the European Union (EU). According to Polish news agency Pap, the movement of military transport, medical or humanitarian supplies, as well as live animals is allowed, while the rest pass through at the rate of about one truck per hour.
The waiting time at the Hrebenne-Rawa Ruska border gate, one of the three existing border gates for these transports between Poland and Ukraine, is estimated to be between six and eight days. About 500 trucks were waiting there midweek. It is 40 kilometers long.
The situation has become difficult once again Relations between Warsaw and KyivAfter months of conflict over the transit of Ukrainian grain through Poland. Ultra-conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) Government reacts to Polish peasants’ complaints Ban on grain imports from UkraineThis was joined by similar measures from other Eastern European partners: Hungary. At the same time, field protests were held against the aid agreed at the EU level to support these transports, but which in practice harmed the interests of Polish farmers.
Kyiv protest
Ukrainian Minister of Reconstruction Oleksandr Kubrakow protested the blockades against his country’s transporters. He considers them to threaten not only the interests of the Ukrainian sector, but also the interests of the EU as a whole, to which these goods are directed.
Poland, on the other hand, argues that support measures for Ukraine lead to unfair competition for its own country.
Amid the dispute over the transit of Ukrainian grain, Warsaw even announced the end of arms supplies to the neighboring country. This was a fundamental change in relations between the two countries. By then Poland had held its line. Maximum solidarity against Ukraine, This situation was reflected in both military and humanitarian support, as well as the acceptance of Ukrainian refugees.
Since the Russian occupation began in February 2022, Poland has been the first route of access to the community’s territory for approximately 4.2 million Ukrainians arriving in the EU. According to the latest figures, 51% of these refugees are in Germany or Poland, 1.2 million on German territory and around 950,000 in Poland. Eurostat.