The Ministry for the Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure decided from May 8 to suspend the requirement for permits for Polish carriers carrying out transportation to Ukraine from any country of the European Union. The Ministry of Reconstruction announced this on Facebook..

The ministry took such a step to stop the blocking of the Yagodin-Dorogusk checkpoint by Polish carriers and satisfy one of the key claims of the strikers. Those did not like the fines for the lack of permits for transportation to Ukraine from third EU countries.

“Our position is unequivocal: such transportations are not subject to the Agreement between Ukraine and the EU on freight transportation and are not bilateral, and therefore require permits,” said Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov. He says that the ministry sent a letter to the European Commission asking for clarification and suspended the imposition of fines for the time being..

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The minister noted that there were no mass sanctions before: since the beginning of this year, Ukrtransbezopasnost has made only 4 such decisions on Polish carriers. Now Polish carriers will be able to carry out transportation from any EU country to Ukraine without the appropriate permits and requirements for environmental standards of vehicles. Ukraine was forced to let them do this due to the difficult situation at the Yagodin-Dorogusk checkpoint due to the strike of Polish drivers.

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Sergiy Derkach says that now more than 5,000 trucks cannot cross our biggest checkpoint. It is impossible to distribute cargo traffic in conditions of limited throughput and blockade of seaports. Serhiy Derkach expressed hope that the Poles would properly respond to the gesture of goodwill from the Ukrainian ministry: “We have taken the first step, we are waiting for a step forward”.

Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent a note to Poland due to the strike of Polish carriers, which since May 4 have blocked the movement of trucks through the largest checkpoint "