{"id":14772,"date":"2024-01-29T00:47:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T00:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/29\/20000-trucks-stuck-at-ukraine-poland-border-amid-spat-over-access-to-eu\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T00:47:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T00:47:15","slug":"20000-trucks-stuck-at-ukraine-poland-border-amid-spat-over-access-to-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/29\/20000-trucks-stuck-at-ukraine-poland-border-amid-spat-over-access-to-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"20,000 trucks stuck at Ukraine-Poland border amid spat over access to EU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 20,000 trucks from Poland and Ukraine are blocked at three major border crossings as striking Polish drivers protest an EU deal that allows Ukrainian trucks unlimited access to the bloc. <\/p>\n

On Monday, Polish carriers began blocking the movement of trucks along the three largest border crossing points between the two countries: Korczowa-Krakowiec, Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska and Dorohusk-Yahodyn,\u00a0Ukrainian state media Ukrinform reported. <\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, more than 20,000 vehicles are blocked on both sides. The economy of not only Ukraine or Poland suffers losses, but also of other countries that cannot transport goods,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Restoration said in a statement Thursday. <\/p>\n

Truck drivers from Ukraine have been exempt from seeking permits to cross the Polish border since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, Polish drivers claim that Russian and Belarusian entities have been setting up Polish outfits, <\/strong>according to Reuters. <\/p>\n

The strikes follow a spat between the neighboring countries earlier this year over cheap Ukrainian grain, which would normally be shipped from the country\u2019s\u00a0now-occupied Black Sea ports, but instead flowed into Europe through Poland. <\/p>\n

The influx of product undercut Polish farmers, leading to a now-lapsed temporary EU ban. Poland does not allow Ukrainian grain to be sold in its domestic market. <\/p>\n

Poland\u2019s support has been essential to Ukraine\u2019s war effort; since February 2022, several million displaced people left Ukraine and into Poland, and several billions\u2019 worth of NATO military equipment has been rushed in through Polish territory. <\/p>\n

But fatigue is setting in in Poland and sympathy waning \u2013 as was apparent during the country\u2019s recent election campaign, in which right-wing parties sought to capitalize on anti-Ukrainian sentiment. <\/p>\n

The International Transport Association of Ukraine said that Poles \u201care not satisfied with the high competition that developed after the liberalization of international transportation between Ukraine and the EU countries.\u201d\u00a0Therefore, one of the demands is the cancellation of visa-free transport, Ukrinform noted. <\/p>\n

Serhii Derkach, a deputy minister at Ukraine\u2019s Infrastructure Ministry, told Ukrinform that this demand is \u201cimpossible to fulfill.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is impossible to cancel the agreement on the liberalization of transportation, because it is a matter of bilateral agreements between the EU and Ukraine. And Poland cannot do anything unilaterally,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

On Monday, Ukraine\u2019s Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Zvarych called the protests \u201ca knife in the back\u201d of Ukraine, which has seen transportation routes, including airspace and ports, severely limited since the invasion began. <\/p>\n

According to the Ukrainian national broadcaster Suspilne, the organizers of the protest said they plan to let one truck per hour to go through the border. <\/p>\n

The protesters do not plan to obstruct the movement of the trucks that are transporting humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Suspilne noted, adding that the protesters also said they have permission to hold a picket until January 3. <\/p>\n\n

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