The time for trucks to cross the border at the Dorohusk-Yahodyn checkpoint is now more than 30 days due to the growing protest by Polish carriers, the Customs Administration in Lublin and Polish carriers reports.
According to the estimates of the Customs Administration in Lublin, as of today, there are 1,500 trucks in line in front of the Dorohusk-Yahodyn checkpoint.
The estimated waiting time, considering the current pace of vehicle transit, is more than a month, Polish customs officials report.
They emphasize that such long waiting times for crossing the border have arisen due to the intensification of the protest by carriers at this checkpoint. The head of the protest of carriers in Dorohusk, Edyta Ozygala, said that now one truck was allowed to cross into Ukraine every three hours, although before that it was the other way around – three trucks per hour.
Ozygala said that the protest had been going on for eight weeks, and they must somehow change their tactics. For seven weeks, their concessions to the Ukrainian side have not brought results, so they are intensifying the protest, she has added.
As per Polish customs officials, 950 trucks are waiting to cross the border at the Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska checkpoint, and the waiting time for crossing the border is 12 days.
According to the Polish police, 570 trucks are waiting in line to cross the border at Medyka-Shehyni and 580 trucks are waiting in line at Korczowa-Krakivets. The waiting time to cross the border at Medyka, where Polish farmers suspended their protest until early January 2024, is approximately four days. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)