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Truck traffic restored as farmers suspend blockade on Polish-Ukrainian border

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Polish farmers have ended their blockade of one of the border crossings between Ukraine and Poland and the movement of trucks has been fully restored, the Ukrainian border service reported on Sunday.

“Truck traffic has been restored: Polish farmers have ended the blockade in front of the Medyka - Shehyni crossing,” the service said on the Telegram messaging app.

The service quoted the Polish border guard as saying that the protest action in front of the crossing ended at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Polish farmers said on Saturday that they would suspend a protest at the crossing with Ukraine on Sunday but truckers would continue blockades at three other crossings over Christmas.

Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, said on Thursday that Kyiv hoped to reach an agreement with the new Polish government to end truck blockades at the border crossings.

Ukrainian transport analysts have said that about 3,900 trucks were on the Polish side waiting for permission to enter Ukraine.

Poland’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, said last week that the new government will try to quickly put an end to the protest.
Source: Reuters
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