The leader of the opposition Civic Platform, Donald Tusk, accused the Polish government of inaction regarding the border blockade with Ukraine, urging the halt of the protest by carriers, during a Nov.

Weeks of road blockades by Polish truckers protesting at the border will reduce Ukraine's overall imports by about a fifth in November, and could cost Kyiv one percentage point of GDP growth if they drag on,

The queue of trucks starts more than 20 kilometres from Poland's eastern border. Hundreds of Ukrainian lorries are parked along the road in an unbroken line, caught up in a trade dispute that's putting new strain on Polish-Ukrainian relations.

Thousands of Ukrainian truck drivers are stalled at the border in Poland as tensions between the two countries grow.

Poland has rejected Ukrainian claims that its lorry drivers are blocking humanitarian aid supplies at the border in the latest economic dispute between the two neighbours.Over the past few weeks

Ukraine's top truckers union said on Friday its hopes of a rapid end to Polish trucker protests at the border were fading, as Kyiv prepared to evacuate its hauliers stranded in Poland.

The European Commission has harshly denounced the blockade at the Ukrainian border instigated by Polish truckers and farmers, threatening legal action against the government in Warsaw.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU opened its borders to allow the transportation of grain and aid. Their Ukrainian drivers are stuck in Poland, unable to return home, because Polish transport companies and truckers are blocking border crossings to Ukraine as part of a protest against cheap competition from their southeastern neighbor.