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Around 3,900 trucks are stuck in lengthy queues at the Ukrainian-Polish border, with 1,700 of them stuck at the Yagodin border checkpoint as of the morning of Dec. 2, reported Andriy Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine's State Border Guard Service.
Polish farmers will join the new blockade initiated by Polish truckers at the Dorohusk border checkpoint with Ukraine on Dec. 18, according to trucker spokesman Rafal Mekler said on Twitter.
The ambassadors of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have made a demarche to Warsaw over the month-long blockade at the Polish-Ukrainian border, stating that it undermines Kyiv's ability to defend itself against Russian aggression, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Dec. 5, citing the country’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Brita Kikas.
About 2,100 trucks were waiting in line to enter Ukraine at the Ukrainian-Polish border as of the morning of Dec. 1, with the heaviest traffic reported at the Krakowiec checkpoint, Ukrainian State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko reported on national television on Dec. 1.
Ukrainian truck drivers, stuck in a kilometers-long queue at the Polish border near the Korczowa-Krakowiec checkpoint, have announced a hunger strike, national broadcaster Suspilne reported on Dec. 1.