Business news from Ukraine

Poles stop blockade of Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint

On Sunday morning, Polish farmers ended their protest in front of the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint, and truck traffic has resumed, the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) reports.

“According to the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland, today at 09:30 the protest in front of the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint ended. Registration and crossing of trucks entering Ukraine is carried out as usual. Border guards, together with employees of the control services, are working to ensure the passage of the maximum number of trucks,” the message posted on the telegram channel reads.

On December 23, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Poland Michal Kolodziejczak said that Polish farmers had suspended protests at the Shehyni-Medica checkpoint with Ukraine.

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State Border Guard Service to receive UAH 7 bln to purchase arms and ammunition

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated 7bn hryvnias for the purchase of weapons and ammunition for the State Border Guard Service.

The Cabinet’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Taras Melnychuk, said in Telegram that the relevant decision was made at a government meeting on Friday.

In particular, allocated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (for the Administration of the State Border Service) on an irrevocable basis at the expense of the reserve fund of the state budget 7 billion UAH for the implementation of measures related to strengthening the defense capacity of the state, in particular, for the purchase of weapons and ammunition.

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