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Polish farmers resumed their blockade at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing with Ukraine and additionally blocked the Uhryniv-Dolhobychuv and Zosin-Ustyluh crossings, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said on Feb. 12.<\/p>\n
After the initial blockade between November 2023 and January, Polish farmers launched<\/a> a new wave of protests at the Medyka-Shehyni, Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska, and Dorohusk-Yahodyn crossings on Feb. 9. Protests at the Medyka checkpoint were briefly suspended<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n “As Polish colleagues informed the Ukrainian border guards, today at 10:10 a.m., Polish farmers began protests near the Zosyn checkpoint. The protesters intend to allow three trucks weighing more than three and a half tons per hour,” Border Guard spokesperson Andrii Demchenko told<\/a> Ukrainska Pravda.<\/p>\n Cars, buses, vehicles with humanitarian aid, and other vehicles up to three and a half tons will be allowed to pass as usual, he added.<\/p>\n At around 10 a.m., about 150 protesters and 20 pieces of agricultural machinery began blocking<\/a> the Uhryniv-Dolhobychuv, according to Demchenko.<\/p>\n Protesters are allowing trucks weighing up to seven and a half metric tons in both directions, as well as trucks below seven and a half tons entering Poland. Two trucks will be allowed per hour in both directions, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n At the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint, one truck per hour will be allowed, but the movement of cars and buses should not be restricted, Demchenko said.<\/p>\n As of the morning of Feb. 12, 1,050 trucks are reportedly waiting in lines in Poland en route to Ukraine.<\/p>\n Footage surfaced on Feb. 11 showing Polish protesters spilling Ukrainian trucks on the road near the Dorohusk crossing. Ukraine’s Ambassador in Poland Vasyl Zvarych issued a protest, calling for a “decisive response” by Polish authorities.<\/p>\n The Polish police said<\/a> they are looking into the incident.<\/p>\n