Poles lift blockade on Medyka checkpoint on border with Ukraine

- 6 September, 16:07
Protest. Photo: Ukrainska Pravda source

Polish protesters have stopped blocking traffic at the Medyka checkpoint on the border with Ukraine.

Source: Colonel Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda

Quote from Demchenko: "Poland reported that the protesters had stopped blocking the lorry traffic and that the checkpoint will begin letting lorries through at 15:30."

Background: On 6 September, Polish protesters blocked the Medyka checkpoint on the Ukrainian border and prevented Ukrainian lorries from passing in both directions.

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