The leader of the protest in front of the crossing in Dorohusk (Lublin Voivodeship), Wojciech Łoś, said that after At 1:00 p.m. farmers will let trucks waiting in line to the border pass. – This is our gesture towards Ukrainian drivers so that they can return to their families – he added.
The leader of the protest stressed that this did not mean the suspension or end of the protest in front of the border with Ukraine.
– This is our gesture towards Ukrainian drivers so that they can return to their families, to their country, which is still in a difficult situation, during the war, where they have to face Russia – Wojciech Łoś told PAP.
He pointed out that . In his opinion, government meetings and negotiations were unsuccessful. “No one is reaching out to us, but we, the mayor of the Dorohusk commune and drivers from the east have entered into this dialogue to let them go back to their homeland and behave like people,” he said.
He informed that at A press conference is planned at 1:00 p.m. before the crossing, and then farmers will temporarily unblock traffic towards the border. When asked for how long, he replied that “we are opening the border and that’s it, but we don’t know until when yet.”
We are now waiting for the reaction of the Prime Minister, the Minister (of Agriculture) and Ukraine – said Łoś.
In an interview with PAP, he also explained that traffic from Poland to Ukraine will not be temporarily blocked. He also noted that the protesters would stay at the crossing in Dorohusk.
We are releasing Ukrainian drivers from Poland, but the blockade of trucks going from Ukraine to Poland will continue – added the protest leader.
Com. Ewa Czyż from the Chełm police told PAP that on Wednesday morning the queue to cross in Dorohusk was 8 km long and reached the town of Brzeźno. “There are about 300 trucks there. The estimated waiting time for clearance is about 70 hours,” said the policewoman. Currently, protesters are allowing two trucks per hour towards Ukraine.
Protesters at the border regularly allow transports of humanitarian and military aid, live animals and buses to pass through.
At all road crossings with Ukraine in the province. Farmers’ protests continue in the Lublin region. They oppose the introduction of the EU green deal and the inflow of goods from Ukraine.
