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Polish protesters ended the blockade of trucks on the road leading to the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint, which had been going on since Feb. 9, the State Border Guard Service reported on April 22.

If the blockade is not lifted at the Ukrainian-Polish border by the end of the month, Ukraine's budget might lose UAH 7.7 billion (approximately US$200.5 million). Source: Danylo Hetmantsev, head of the Ukrainian Parliament Committee for Finances, Tax and Customs Policy, on Telegram Quote: "If the blockade at the border is not lifted by the end of the month, the country's budget will lose UAH 7.

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.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that he will be persuading Polish hauliers not to use the blockade of the Ukrainian border as a method of protecting their interests. Source: wnp.pl with reference to PAP news agency Quote: "My government and I personally will do everything, whether they block the border or not, to effectively protect their interests in this unequal competition with Ukrainian hauliers today.

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.

The blockade by Slovak truckers at the Ukrainian border has ended, the Slovak Truckers Union said on Dec. 15. Ukraine's State Border Guard Service also said that the border had been unblocked for an "indefinite period."

A group of European Parliament members called on Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and EU leaders “to act decisively" to end the blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian border.

The blockade of the Uzhhorod-Vyšné Nemecké checkpoint on the border with Slovakia has been suspended, and lorries are moving through the checkpoint as usual. Source: Serhii Derkach, Deputy Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, on Facebook, reported by European Pravda Quote from Derkach: "We continue to work with our Slovak counterparts to prevent further protests.

Ukraine has also lost Hr 9.3 billion ($254 million) due to unpaid customs tolls in November, Danylo Hetmantsev, the chairman of the parliamentary finance committee, said on Dec. 5.

The blockade at the Uzhhorod–Vyšné Nemecké checkpoint with Slovakia has been successfully lifted, allowing for the smooth passage of trucks, Ukraine’s Deputy Infrastructure Minister Serhiy Derkach announced on Dec. 5.