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Ukraine And Poland Open Border Crossing To Ease Blockade


An aerial photo made with a drone shows trucks standing in a queue at the Polish-Ukrainian border in Hrebenne, southeast Poland, on November 27.
An aerial photo made with a drone shows trucks standing in a queue at the Polish-Ukrainian border in Hrebenne, southeast Poland, on November 27.

Ukraine and Poland will open a border crossing for empty trucks on December 4 in a bid to ease a blockade by Polish hauliers, whose protests have paralyzed traffic for weeks. Polish truckers have been blocking major crossings with Ukraine demanding the reintroduction of entry permits for their Ukrainian competitors. The Dolhobyczow-Uhryniv crossing, which currently serves cars and buses, will open to empty trucks traveling from Ukraine into Poland from December 4, Kyiv's border service said. Kyiv said December 1 that fallout from the Polish protest was "catastrophic" and Ukrainian drivers stuck at the border were in a "dire" situation.

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