One of the checkpoints at the border between Ukraine and Poland, the Ugriniv-Dolhobyczów, will open tomorrow, Monday, for empty trucks leaving Ukraine, with a daily capacity of more than one hundred heavy vehiclesUkrainian authorities reported today.
“In cooperation with the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure, the Lublin Voivodeship and with the support of the European Commission (DG MOVE), we managed to agree on the opening of a lane for 7.5 ton empty trucks weight or more,” said Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine and Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, Oleksandr Kubrakov, in a message on Facebook.
He stated that “as of December 4, empty trucksincluding tankers, will be able to begin passing through this checkpoint from Ukraine.”
He added that this border crossing, which usually operated only for cars and buses, will operate on a trial basis and that it will not be necessary to register in the queue to cross the border.
“The opening of Ugriniv is the first point on the list of measures we are implementing to unblock the border, reduce queues and increase border capacity Ukrainian-Polish. We are working to lift the blockade as soon as possible, taking into account the interests of our market and the State,” she stressed.