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Poland to close border with Ukraine if EU doesn't extend grain ban - Polish Prime Minister (www.pravda.com.ua)

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Poland will not open the border with Ukraine for grain products after 15 September, if the European Commissions moratorium on importing Ukrainian grain expires, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This combined with Russia blockading Ukraine in the Black Sea could cause a lot of hunger in other parts of the world.

[–] MidwestMayonaiseSalad 5 points 2 years ago

It’s mostly the Black Sea blockade. The number I heard is that at best they can ship about 1/5 by rail they could by sea and it’s way more expensive. And because they use a different rail gauge than the rest of Europe everything has to be unloaded and reloaded, it can’t even go direct to a port.

[–] tallwookie 1 points 2 years ago

wow, that's kind of unexpected - I thought Poland was friendly. guess not