Ukraine accuses Poland of arbitrarily destroying grain shipments. Farmers in Poland have been demonstrating for weeks against Ukrainian agricultural imports.
Ukraine's deputy prime minister sharply criticized Poland's inaction regarding the ongoing farmers' protests. Annalena Baerbock also expresses a lack of understanding and warns against the instrumentalization of the protests. Because of the Russian war of aggression and Russian blockades in the Black Sea, Ukraine is dependent on road traffic with EU member Poland for its imports and exports. The dispute over grain imports has been straining Polish-Ukrainian relations for months.