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Farmers in Poland are continuing to block traffic at six border checkpoints, and as of the morning of 17 February, there are about 3,300 lorries in the queue. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "There are about 3,300 lorries in queues on the other side of the border heading towards our country - at these six checkpoints.

Estonia may be forced to temporarily close its border checkpoints due to migration pressure from Russia. It urges its citizens to come back from Russia and not to travel there. Source: Estonian Police and Border Guard Board Details: Law enforcement officers in their statement said Russia has been deliberately bringing groups of foreigners who do not have the legal right to enter the European Union to the Estonian border in recent weeks.

Polish farmers on Friday staged blockades across the country to protest competition from Ukraine and heavy EU regulations, with Warsaw hinting it could impose new import bans on Ukrainian agricultural products.Polish Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski told state radio on Friday that "complete" bans on imports could be imposed on other groups of products as well.

Extension of operating hours at Hong Kong checkpoints with mainland China and improved transport services should avert earlier chaos.

Ukraine's border checkpoints are returning to operating at full capacity after the lifting of the blockade on truck traffic, with about 5,000 lorries having already left for Poland. Source: Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister, on Facebook Quote: "Almost 5,000 lorries have crossed into Poland since the blockade of the three checkpoints Dorohusk-Yahodyn, Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska and Korczowa-Krakivets ended on 17 January.

Traffic can now move freely through all checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border, though checkpoints on the Romanian border are still being blocked. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guards Service of Ukraine on Ukraine's national 24/7 newscast Quote: "Unfortunately, [Ukrainian-Romanian border] continues to be blocked at the Porubne and Krasnoilsk checkpoints on our side.

Our policies force asylum seekers into the hands of smuggling rings, which profits organized crime, making both sides of the border more violent.

The Finnish government decided to extend the closure of checkpoints on the border with Russia for another month at a general meeting of the State Council. Source: European Pravda with reference to Yle; Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantanen Border restrictions will remain in effect until 11 February.

Ukraine’s national postal operator Ukrposhta has devised a strategic logistical solution to navigate the challenges of blockaded border checkpoints and ensure the delivery of international parcels to Ukraine, in collaboration with Estonia's Omniva and the Slovak company Interport.

Despite a meeting with Dariusz Klimczak, the Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland, Polish freight carriers are set on maintaining their blockade of three border checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border, declaring their refusal to lift the restrictions throughout the holiday season, state-owned Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported on Dec. 25.