On January 18, Romanian farmers and truckers blocked the traffic for cargo vehicles in front of the "Halmeu" checkpoint, opposite the Ukrainian "Diakove" checkpoint in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Romanian farmers blocked the third checkpoint at Ukraine's border
The border guards report that at 10:30 a.m., the protest participants blocked the road to the border with large agricultural machinery.
The reasons and estimated duration of such actions were not reported. Border guards of Ukraine interact with their Romanian colleagues regarding further transit operations for trucks.
According to Ukraine's State Border Service (SBGS), a significant queue of cargo vehicles on Romania's territory in Ukraine's direction has not yet been recorded.
They also added that there is an E-queue for cargo vehicles leaving Ukraine at the Diakove checkpoint. About 600 cars are registered in it.
The SBGS reported that the movement of trucks to the exit from Ukraine was temporarily suspended to prevent the passage of cars from being blocked.
Passage of cars and passenger buses is carried out as usual.
Romanian farmers block checkpoints at Ukraine's border
The blocking of traffic for cargo vehicles on the territory of Romania on the border with Ukraine also continues in the direction of two more checkpoints — "Siret — Porubne" and "Vikovu-de-Sus — Krasnoilsk".
On January 15, Romania's Ministry of Agriculture and farmers reached an agreement in which several protesters' demands were met, but protests continue.
At the same time, all blocked directions are unleashed in the direction of the border with Poland.
On December 6, the direction of the Sheghini checkpoint was unblocked, and recently, the other three directions were freed: Rava-Ruska, Krakowiec, and Yagodyn.
