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August 8th, 2019
A lot has been said already concerning the delays in US aid to the Ukraine, but one of the biggest supporters of the Ukraine, Poland, has actually been highly critical of the grain trade lifeline they are giving to the Ukraine.
Polish farmers dump grain in protest as Ukraine dispute deepens
Poland’s bitter dispute with Ukraine over farm imports has escalated as Polish farmers dumped grain from a freight train as part of nationwide protests and Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Warsaw of “mockery”.
In a video address on Monday, Ukraine’s president described the blockade by Polish farmers as absurd at a time when Russia was bombing his country. “The situation is not about grain, but rather about politics,” he said, after a visit to the frontline town of Kupiansk.
He added: “Near Kupiansk, not far from the Russian border where enemy artillery is constantly active, the news from the Polish border looks like a mockery. We need joint decisions, rational decisions to get out of the situation.”
Zelenskiy said only 5% of Ukraine’s agricultural exports went through Poland and complained that the slowdown was undermining “solidarity” on a daily basis. The two countries, plus anyone who cared “about the fate of Europe”, needed to resolve the problem, he added.
Farmers in France, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Spain and Germany have been protesting against constraints placed on them by EU measures to tackle the climate crisis, as well as rising costs and what they say is unfair competition from abroad.
In Poland, the protests have taken on an anti-Ukrainian character. The farmers allege that cheap agricultural goods have undermined their businesses. They want to stop the import of Ukrainian grain and to extend the ban to other goods including fruit, eggs and meat.
The Guardian
I imagine that Litwin knows all about the way in which Polish people hate Russians and have showed incredibel loyalty and solidarity with the Ukrainains. The greatest number of foreigners fighting against Russia right now are actually Poles.
This is bad news - if the war weariness is impacting the Poles who have showed such support for the Ukrainians so unconditionally, the writing is perhaps on the walls.
Polish farmers dump grain in protest as Ukraine dispute deepens
Poland’s bitter dispute with Ukraine over farm imports has escalated as Polish farmers dumped grain from a freight train as part of nationwide protests and Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Warsaw of “mockery”.
In a video address on Monday, Ukraine’s president described the blockade by Polish farmers as absurd at a time when Russia was bombing his country. “The situation is not about grain, but rather about politics,” he said, after a visit to the frontline town of Kupiansk.
He added: “Near Kupiansk, not far from the Russian border where enemy artillery is constantly active, the news from the Polish border looks like a mockery. We need joint decisions, rational decisions to get out of the situation.”
Zelenskiy said only 5% of Ukraine’s agricultural exports went through Poland and complained that the slowdown was undermining “solidarity” on a daily basis. The two countries, plus anyone who cared “about the fate of Europe”, needed to resolve the problem, he added.
Farmers in France, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Spain and Germany have been protesting against constraints placed on them by EU measures to tackle the climate crisis, as well as rising costs and what they say is unfair competition from abroad.
In Poland, the protests have taken on an anti-Ukrainian character. The farmers allege that cheap agricultural goods have undermined their businesses. They want to stop the import of Ukrainian grain and to extend the ban to other goods including fruit, eggs and meat.
The Guardian
I imagine that Litwin knows all about the way in which Polish people hate Russians and have showed incredibel loyalty and solidarity with the Ukrainains. The greatest number of foreigners fighting against Russia right now are actually Poles.
This is bad news - if the war weariness is impacting the Poles who have showed such support for the Ukrainians so unconditionally, the writing is perhaps on the walls.
August 8th, 2019