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Some 2,250 Ukrainian trucks are stuck in queues at the Polish border as Polish farmers continue to block cargo traffic, allowing only a few trucks per hour in both directions at all checkpoints, the Ukinform news agency reported on Feb. 28, citing State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko.
Warsaw is considering expanding the current ban on agricultural imports from Ukraine to Poland if the EU fails to come up with an acceptable solution to protect Polish farmers, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Feb. 27.
Ukrainian agricultural products have been damaged for the third time at the Polish border, the Infrastructure Ministry wrote on Facebook on the tragic second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the crossing will be open for passenger vehicles and will help to reduce lines, according to comments reported by Ukrinform.
There is no space for negotiation with protesting farmers near the Ukrainian border, as they are defending their very survival, Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview with Polsat News on Feb. 22.