Polish Farmer Protests Threaten to Spin Out of Control Over Ukraine

Polish farmers block a road with their tractors in central Wroclaw, Poland, on Feb. 15.Photographer: Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg

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February 16, 2024 at 5:41 AM UTC

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The Ukrainian-Polish border became an unlikely flashpoint in the war with Russia last year — over grain imports. Now a new standoff with Polish farmers is brewing. Only weeks after the new Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, managed to defuse a months-long blockade by truck drivers, farmers are returning to the fray, protesting what they call an illegal flow of Ukrainian food products.