On the morning of February 20, near the "Medyka-Shegyni" railway station, Polish protesters blocked the railway and scattered grain from a freight car onto the track.
Polish farmers scattered grain near the "Medyka-Shegyni" checkpoint
The correspondent of Suspilne reports that Polish protesters blocked the railway near the "Medyka-Shegyni" checkpoint and scattered grain from a freight car.
Radio Svoboda reports that protesters blocked the railway track for about 15 minutes. Polish police can be seen in the video.
On February 20, Polish farmers planned to block all checkpoints on the Ukraine border, as well as communication hubs and entrances to transhipment railway stations and seaports.
On February 20, as part of the 30-day farmers' general strike, we announce that all protests will be focused on a complete blockade of all border crossings between Poland and Ukraine, the protesters said.
Blocking the border of Ukraine
On February 9, Polish farmers began blocking roads in Poland and checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Polish farmers blocked 6 out of 9 checkpoints on the border with Ukraine for the movement of trucks: "Yagodyn", "Rava-Ruska", "Shegyni", "Ustylug", "Ugryniv" and "Krakivets".
On February 11, Polish farmers opened Ukrainian trucks before the "Yagodyn-Dorogusk" checkpoint and dumped grain. According to the police, the farmers broke customs seals from three trucks travelling from Ukraine to Lithuania.
On February 18, Polish protesters blocked the movement of passenger train No. 119 Kyiv — Chelm, where there were 260 passengers, most of whom were women and children. The police helped to unblock the traffic.
