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No evidence of Ukrainian grain on Polish market - Deputy Head of Ukrainian Agri Council Marchuk

5 March, 2024 Tuesday
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Deputy Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council Denys Marchuk said that Polish protesters did not provide any evidence of the presence of Ukrainian grain on the Polish market

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He said this on the Espreso TV channel.

"At the blocking of the Polish-Ukrainian border, we see only loud slogans. However, there is no concrete evidence of Ukrainian grain on the Polish market. The same situation is happening on the Polish-Lithuanian border. Today, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is going there to meet with his colleagues and discuss this issue. After all, there are no grounds for the claim that Ukrainian grain gets to Poland through Lithuania. Because Poland exports more grain to Lithuania than Ukraine," Marchuk explained.

Marchuk noted that the EU continues to import Russian grain in large quantities.

"Indeed, Russian grain is exported to Poland in very small quantities. However, if we talk about the EU as a whole, the figure is measured in millions of tons. Russians export their grain through the Baltic States, Greek ports, and Belarus. So, in fact, the EU has not imposed any restrictions on trade with Russia in food products, including grain," he added.

What is known about the protests on the Ukrainian-Polish border

On February 7, Polish farmers sent an official notice to resume strikes on the border with Ukraine. The blocking of the Dorohusk-Yahodyn checkpoint began on February 9. The protest was approved by local authorities until March 9.

Earlier, the Polish farmers' union Solidarity announced a general strike across the country on February 9. At the time, it was noted that it would begin with the blockade of all checkpoints on the border with Ukraine, as well as the blocking of roads and highways in certain regions.

The reason for the resumption of the protests is simple: according to one of the organizers of the action, Roman Kondruv, it is because the authorities have done nothing about the problems of technical grain from Ukraine since the previous actions.

On February 12, at the Ukrainian-Polish border, near the Yaрodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint, Poles poured grain from Ukrainian trucks onto the ground.

On February 20, they promised to block all border crossings with Ukraine for a month. Ukrainian carriers held their own peaceful protest in response to the actions of Polish farmers. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine stated that it had not received any information from the Polish side regarding the complete blocking of the border. In response to the Polish blockade, Ukrainian carriers are preparing a protest at three checkpoints.

On February 20, Polish farmers on the border with Ukraine blocked the railroad and poured grain out of a freight car. Later it turned out that it was headed to Germany.

On the evening of February 20, Polish protesters eased traffic restrictions near the border with Ukraine at two checkpoints, including Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska, and began allowing cars to pass through.

Poland's Consul General in Lviv condemned the border blockade and apologized to Ukraine, and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal later said that Ukraine and Poland were "ready for reasonable compromises" on negotiations on the situation on the border.

Polish protesters temporarily stopped blocking the Ustyluh-Zosyn checkpoint after blocking it the day before.

On February 25, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said that Poland had already brought the first offenders on the Ukrainian-Polish border to justice, and that they faced imprisonment.

On March 4, it was reported that Ukraine had lost about UAH 8 billion in customs payments, and businesses had lost more than EUR 1.5 billion due to border blockades by Polish protesters.

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