A traffic jam has formed on the Ukrainian-Polish border

On the Ukrainian-Polish border, on the Polish side, there was a 30-kilometer queue of trucks waiting for permission to pass through customs. While the customs services of the two countries are bringing charges against each other, 1,300 cars are parked at the Dorogusk-Yagodin checkpoint.

On the night from Saturday to Sunday, the number of trucks waiting to clear customs control in Doroguska increased from 1,000 to 1,300. This year, this is the second case of congestion on the Ukrainian-Polish border - at the end of January, Polish customs officers went on strike, and this time they blamed the sluggishness of their Ukrainian colleagues.

The press service of the Polish customs service names two reasons for the queues: an increase in the number of shipments between Western and Eastern European countries and a decrease in the capacity of Ukrainian customs control points due to their reorganization.

“Such statements cause at least a smile,” Svetlana Sudak, head of the press service of the State Customs Service, told Kommersant. “The reorganization of Ukrainian customs did not affect the checkpoint in Yagodina.

According to her, the shortest route from Warsaw to Kyiv runs through Yagodin. In addition, the checkpoint on the Ukrainian side was recently reconstructed. “This made it possible to provide carriers with normal living conditions and conditions for registration,” Ms. Sudak noted. It is comfort and fuel economy that attract carriers here.

“Compared to last year, the flow of goods has increased by approximately 20%,” Svetlana Sudak told Kommersant. “Currently, the passport throughput capacity is about 150 trucks per shift, but the Ukrainian side is able to increase it to 240.”

Ms. Sudak also recalled that due to the recent strike, Polish customs is experiencing a number of problems, one of which is insufficient staffing. According to her, on Friday there were 12 new employees in Doroguska, who need time to adapt to the specifics of cross-border work.

According to the Ukrinform agency, only 270 trucks passed through the Polish checkpoint in Doroguska on the night from Saturday to Sunday.

Alexander Kommersant-Zvorsky

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