Ukrainian-Polish Border Blockade: Zelensky’s Statement and Political Tensions

“This is not a normal and usual situation, because farmers should be able to work normally, and not block roads and stand at border crossings,” he said.

Regarding the second part of Zelensky’s statement, the minister said that he understands the emotions of the president of a country that is at war.

Getman emphasized that the farmers’ protest has nothing to do with politics.

“I don’t think this is the first time President Zelensky has spoken out quite sharply. I’m trying to understand a person who is under enormous pressure, although I do not agree with what he said,” he said.

At the same time, he emphasized that no one is able to put himself in the position of the president in which he is today, but “taking into account the totality of our relations, the fact that we support Ukraine, that we have supported it from the first day, I would be cautious “.

“I would be careful in such statements, because this is really not about politics. I would advise our partners and friends from Ukraine to be a little more sensitive to the problems of not only Polish farmers,” the development minister said.

Zelensky’s statement

Earlier, the president said that near Kupyansk, where hostile artillery does not subside, the news about the blockade of the border by Polish farmers looks simply mocking. Ukraine and Poland need to look for common rational solutions to get out of the current situation.

Border blockade

Polish farmers said that from February 20 they will block all border checkpoints with Ukraine. We are also talking about approaches to railway stations and seaports.

On February 9, Polish farmers blocked three checkpoints on the border with Ukraine, and the movement of trucks and trains was hampered. Later it became known that they unblocked one of the checkpoints on the border with Ukraine – the Shegini-Medika checkpoint.

On February 19, Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov held urgent negotiations with Jacek Severa, head of the National Security Bureau of Poland, about the inadmissibility of the blockade of passenger transport.

What is happening on the Ukrainian-Polish border and how they are commenting on it on both sides – read the material from RBC-Ukraine.

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2024-02-20 09:59:17


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