Polish farmers want an end to the scheme under which Ukrainian grain, bypassing the Warsaw embargo, enters Poland through Lithuania. Analysts say the dispute over the supply of Ukrainian grain is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.

In Lithuania, the rhetoric of Polish farmers about the grain carousel is reminiscent of the Kremlin's attempts to quarrel between Ukraine's two allies. In turn, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the demonstrations are like “some kind of hybrid operation”