At the checkpoints on the border with Poland, where the blockade of Polish truck srivers has been going on for more than a month, 2,400 trucks are waiting to enter Ukraine.
What is happening on the Polish-Ukrainian border
According to Andriy Demchenko, a spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, as of the morning of 16 December, 2,400 trucks were waiting to enter the areas where the blockade continues: "Shehyni — 1,200, Rava-Ruska — 550, and Krakow — 650.
He noted that more than 1,200 trucks had passed through the unblocked Yahodyn-Dorohusk crossing point over the past day.
As for Slovakia, according to the SBGS spokesperson, 450 trucks were waiting for Ukraine at the Uzhhorod-Vyshnye Nemecke checkpoint, and the blocking of traffic from Ukraine has temporarily stopped.
Traffic along the border with Hungary is moving, but there are queues. As of this morning, 250 trucks were expected to cross the Tisa checkpoint towards Ukraine, the spokesman said.
As of this morning, 870 trucks were expected to cross into Ukraine at the Porubne checkpoint on the border with Romania.
The situation on the border with Poland
On 6 November, Polish truck drivers announced the start of a strike, which, according to them, was to last until early January 2024.
As a result, in the first hours, they practically blocked three checkpoints on the border with Ukraine — Yagodyn-Dorohusk, Krakovets-Korcheva, Rava-Ruska-Hrebenia — allowing no more than one truck to pass through in one direction per hour.
Later, on 23 November, the carriers blocked the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint. There were also reports of an intention to extend the blockade to the Nyzhankovychi - Malchovice checkpoint.
On 1 December, in Warsaw, Ukraine and Poland agreed to open the Uhryniv-Dolhobychiv border crossing point for empty trucks to increase border capacity and reduce the burden on other checkpoints.
