The transit of Ukrainian lorries through the Diakove border checkpoint has been hindered by the erection of a blockade on the Romanian side. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Details: Demchenko stated that on 18 January, the Romanian Border Police received word that the Halmeu checkpoint, on the opposite side of the border from the Ukrainian Diakove checkpoint in Zakarpattia Oblast, had been blocked.