Slovak truckers to hold symbolic blockade of Ukraine border on Thursday

Slovak truckers will stage a symbolic one-hour blockade of the country's main crossing with Ukraine on Thursday to support Polish calls for restrictions on the number of Ukrainian trucks entering the EU.

Slovak truckers will stage a symbolic one-hour blockade of the country's main crossing with Ukraine on Thursday to support Polish calls for restrictions on the number of Ukrainian trucks entering the EU. Haulers' union UNAS said on Facebook the blockade would be at the Vysne Nemecke crossing, from 1 p.m. on Thursday.

"Our aim is support of Polish colleagues as well as all freight haulers in the EU," UNAS said. "We will request that the European Commission... immediately introduces licences for shipments for Ukrainian vehicles, because European companies are falling on their mouth and cannot compete," UNAS said.

Polish drivers have been blocking roads to three crossings with Ukraine for over a week, citing government inaction over a loss of business to foreign competitors since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. They insist on the return of a limited number of licenses for Ukrainian truckers, a demand Kyiv said it would not consider.