Near the checkpoint “Krakovets” on the Ukrainian-Polish border (Lviv region) about 50 truck drivers blocked the traffic on October 2 for an hour. According to the Department of Civil Protection of the Lviv region State Administration, truck drivers, in this way, protested against large queues at the Ukrainian-Polish border in which freight wagons wait for a few days to cross the border, writes UNIAN.
“On October 2, about 19:05, on the “Lviv-Krakovets” highway near the customs station “Krakovets”, a 30-year-old Scania truck driver, a resident of Lviv region, along with unknown, about 50 people, blocked the traffic of cars in connection with the fact that drivers of large cars in the course of two days are in the queue for crossing the border,” said the message. The department noted that around 20.00 on October 2, traffic on the highway with the “Lviv-Krakovets” connection was fully restored.