From 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., the whole of Poland will stop: the Poles announce a large-scale protest action on March 20.
What is known about the protest in Poland
Polish farmers announced a nationwide protest on March 20. From 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., the whole of Poland will stop, the Poles say. According to them, the farms are on the verge of bankruptcy, so they "must do everything so that the government reacts."
Children will not go to school, people will not go to work, but we have no other choice. Our farms are on the verge of bankruptcy, we must do everything so that the government begins to treat us seriously. We have to achieve, we apologize for the inconvenience, - said the agrarian.
Protests of Polish farmers: what is known
Since February 9, Polish farmers have been blocking checkpoints on the border of Ukraine for the passage of trucks.
These are the checkpoints: "Dorogusk - Yagodin", "Grebenne - Rava-Ruska", "Medyka - Sheghini", "Zosyn - Ustylug", "Dolgobichuv - Ughrynov", "Korchova - Krakowiec".
They demand to ban the import of Ukrainian agricultural products and for Poland to abandon the European Green Deal.
During this time, they dumped Ukrainian crops 5 times from freight cars onto the tracks or from trucks onto the roads.
Since March 1, the Sheghini checkpoint has been completely blocked.
