Romanian farmers start blockade of Dyakovo-Halmeu checkpoint

Romanian farmers have begun a blockade of the Dyakovo-Halmeu checkpoint, and there is no truck traffic at all.

This was stated by Viktoriya Sengetovska, a spokeswoman for the Zakarpattia Customs, in a comment to Ukrinform.

"As of this morning, January 18, the Romanian side informed us that in front of the Halmeu-Dyakovo international checkpoint, their farmers blocked the movement of trucks from Ukraine. The blocking is carried out with large agricultural machinery," she said.

In her words, the traffic of trucks leaving Ukraine has been temporarily suspended to prevent the blocking of passenger vehicles.

According to customs officials, the timing of the border blockade by Romanian farmers is not yet known.

The customs office also notes that as of the morning of January 18, about ten trucks are waiting to leave Ukraine, and 607 trucks are in the e-queue.

Over the past day, trucks were cleared and let through this checkpoint: 138 trucks leaving Ukraine and 105 trucks entering.

As Ukrinform reported, on January 13 and 14, farmers in Romania blocked the movement of Ukrainian trucks through the Siret checkpoint. On January 15, they also began blocking the Vicovu de Sus checkpoint.

This morning, State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko said that as a result of the blocking of the checkpoints on the Romanian border, only a few vehicles a day are passing through Porubne and Krasnoilsk.