It's not about grain but about politics – Zelenskyy assesses crisis on Polish border

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised the checkpoint blockade on the Polish-Ukrainian border by the Polish farmers, calling for joint rational solutions of this situation.

Source: European Pravda with reference to the evening address of Zelenskyy

Details: Zelenskyy stated that the events on the Polish-Ukrainian border "cannot be treated as something normal or routine".

Quote: "Only 5% of our agricultural export crosses the Polish border. So in reality the problem is not the grain but rather the politics. Near Kupiansk, not far from the Russian border, where the Russian artillery is striking day and night, the news from the Polish border looks like mockery."

Zelenskyy noted that joint rational decisions are needed to solve this problem: "mainly our joint decisions with Poles, as well as with everyone in Europe who is concerned with Europe’s fate".

Background:

It was reported on 18 February that in the evening the protesters tried blocking the railway at the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint but the police intervened. The lorry traffic at this checkpoint was completely blocked on 18 February.

On 19 February the Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the protesters blocked the passage of the Kyiv-Chelm passenger train but the issue was solved after the police intervened.

The Coordination Platform for the Export and Transit of Ukrainian Agricultural Products will assemble on 20 February upon the initiative of Ukraine.

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