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Polish farmers have agreed to suspend their blockade of one of the currently blocked Ukraine-Poland border checkpoints through Christmas and New Years, Roman Kondrów, head of the Polish farmer association Podkarpackie Deceived Village, said on Dec. 23, according to Polish news outlet RMF FM.
The Ukrainian economy grew by 4% in November compared to the same month last year, despite the blockade of checkpoints on the border with Ukraine by Polish hauliers. Source: Ukraine's Economy Ministry Details: For January-November this year, the growth of Ukraine's GDP is estimated at 5.
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.
As Polish haulers’ blockade of border checkpoints with Ukraine stretches into its second month, thousands of Ukrainian truckers remain stranded in huge lines waiting to cross into their homeland. In an effort to circumvent the blockade, Ukraine started transporting trucks stuck at the Polish border by train on Dec. 7. While humanitarian conditions at the border seem to have improved after Ukraine reported the death of two people stuck in the line, Ukrainian carrier companies are losing millions of dollars, and truckers are growing demotivated to continue doing their jobs.
The Uhryniv-Dolhobyczów checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border will be opened for empty trucks leaving Ukraine, said Ukraine’s Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov on Dec. 3.