The government in Warsaw reacted harshly to the messages of Polish farmers during the protests asking Vladimir Putin to “bring order to Ukraine”, reports the “Ukrainian Pravda” website, which is cited by Agerpres.

The banner read: “Putin, put order in Ukraine, Brussels and our government!” A Soviet flag was attached to it. When a journalist from Gazeta Wyborcza drew attention to the scandalous banner, the organizers of the protest replied that the protesters were individually responsible for the content of their posters.

According to unofficial information, the person who posted this banner will be charged with propaganda of a totalitarian state system. Commenting on the situation, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Poland confirmed that additional measures will be taken against the author of the banner.

“The police and the prosecutor’s office are taking measures against its creator. There will be no tolerance for such criminal acts,” wrote Polish Minister of Internal Affairs Marcin Kjerwinski in a message published on the social network “X”, formerly Twitter.

Polish farmers announced a complete blockade of checkpoints on the border with Ukraine

On Tuesday, Polish farmers blocked the railway near the Sheghini-Medyk checkpoint and in the morning of February 20 dumped part of the Ukrainian grain from a freight car. But only a small amount of grain was dumped on the railway tracks, the PAP news agency said later, as quoted by DPA.

On social networks, Ukrainian television showed a video of farmers unloading corn from several freight cars in Ukraine while singing the national anthem of Poland. The police surrounded part of the area and asked the demonstrators to leave the place.

Ukrainian Railways confirmed the incident on the border with Poland at the Medyka station. As DPA reports, two open grain wagons were destined for Germany. In total, about 40 Ukrainian wagons transported agricultural products through this station. A similar incident also happened earlier in February.

The action is part of the protests of Polish farmers at the national level. They are directed against the agricultural policy of the EU, as well as against the import of cheap agricultural products from Ukraine. On Tuesday, they also blocked highways, roundabouts and intersections in 200 cities.

Polish farmers accuse “mafia organizations” of importing Ukrainian grain into the country

“We, farmers from all over Poland, were the first to extend a friendly hand and congratulate our brothers from Ukraine. And now we are prejudiced against them,” Roman Kondrov from the “Deceited Village” initiative told the Rmf.fm radio station.

“This wheat is brought to Poland by various mafia organizations. There is no other way to say it,” he said. In response to the actions of the Poles, Ukrainian carriers began protesting at the Rava-Ruska-Grebenne, Krakovec-Korchova, and Sheghini-Medyka checkpoints.

The First Vice Prime Ministers of the Ukrainian government Oleksandr Kubrakov and Yuliya Svyridenko advocated a quick solution to the problem of blocking checkpoints on the border between Poland and Ukraine, including the suspension of passenger transportation.

Polish farmers complain that the EU’s Green Deal imposes new conditions on them, while grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine, which are produced cheaper without these conditions, are allowed on the market.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv has asked Warsaw to end the blockade and take measures against “anti-Ukrainian rhetoric”, according to the DPA agency, citing Agerpres.

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