Polish-Ukrainian border: Border guards provide situation updates
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine tells what is happening on the border with Poland (Getty Images)
Almost all checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border allow buses and cars to pass through in an electronic queue. At the same time, pedestrians are only allowed to cross at the Shehyni checkpoint, according to the Western Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Currently, the situation with queues at the checkpoints on the border with Poland is as follows:
- Yahodyn - 0 buses (electronic queue), no pedestrians are allowed, passenger cars are temporarily not allowed;
- Ustyluh - 0 passenger cars, 3 buses (electronic queue), pedestrians are not allowed to cross;
- Uhryniv - 0 passenger cars, 0 buses, pedestrians are not allowed;
- Rava-Ruska - 0 passenger cars, 0 buses, no pedestrian passage;
- Hrushiv - 0 passenger cars, 0 buses, no pedestrian traffic;
- Krakivets - 0 passenger cars, 4 buses (electronic queue), pedestrians are not allowed to pass;
- Shehyni - 0 passenger cars, 4 buses (electronic queue), pedestrians are allowed in both directions;
- Smilnytsia - 0 passenger cars, 0 buses, pedestrians are not allowed to pass.
- Nyzhankovychi - 0 electronic checkpoint, only trucks with a maximum permissible weight of more than 7.5 tons, without cargo (except for tanks for dangerous goods, including fuels and lubricants) are allowed to pass.
Border guards recommend that when planning trips, you take into account the possible unstable operation of electronic control systems at checkpoints.
Blockade of the border with Poland
As a reminder, since November 6, Polish carriers have been blocking the movement of freight transport on the border with Ukraine.
The Polish side is demanding a ban on the registration of transport companies with foreign capital in Poland, as well as the resumption of issuing EU entry permits to Ukrainian carriers and improved border services.
As a result, the movement of freight transport on the Ukrainian-Polish border has been hampered. The blockade has resulted in long queues of hundreds of trucks.
However, it has recently become known that Ukrainian and Polish officials have agreed on an action plan to unblock the border crossing points. Polish officials, for their part, announced their intention to unblock the border by the end of the year.
