Already the second Ukrainian driver died at the border blocked by Polish carriers

Since November 6, Polish carriers have been blocking the largest checkpoints on the border with Ukraine, as a result of which 20-long queues of cars have formed at the crossings "Yagodin-Dorogusk", "Krakowec-Korchova", "Rava-Ruska-Grebene" and "Shegyny - Medica". 30 km.

Cars with humanitarian goods and fuel are also standing in line, although the protesters promised to let them pass without hindrance, but the Polish authorities do not react to the situation, although it violates EU norms.

Yesterday, due to improper conditions and cold weather, the second Ukrainian driver died in the queue, in connection with which Ukraine sent a note of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland with a demand to unblock traffic across the border. But the new Polish government will not be formed before the middle of December, so it is not worth hoping for a solution to the problem by then.

Polish carriers have said they will continue the blockade until February, while farmers who joined the protest plan to hold their action until January 3.

In Slovakia, a checkpoint on the border with Ukraine was also blocked on Tuesday, but the trade union of the country's carriers called it the action of an individual, after which the checkpoint was restored.

In Hungary, queues of trucks re-routed from the blocked checkpoints on the border with Poland and Slovakia formed at the Zachon crossing. The Hungarian authorities promise to increase traffic across the border, but it is limited by the "low capacity of the Tisza Bridge and the border crossing itself."

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy announced that the authorities of Ukraine plan to hold negotiations with Poland and the European Commission over the border blockade. At the same time, Ukraine is ready to fulfill certain demands of Polish carriers, in particular, to open the Dorogusk and Krakivets checkpoints for the departure of empty cars and to create a separate queue for them, as well as to allocate separate physical roads for such cars.

At the November 22 coordination platform with the European Commission, it was once again emphasized that humanitarian cargo and fuel should cross the border without obstacles, but this condition is not fulfilled, which is the reason for banning the protest. However, it is not worth hoping for a solution to the problem in the coming weeks.