Poland to close border with Ukraine if EU doesn't extend grain ban - Polish Prime Minister
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.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/19/7412079/Open linkView original on kbin.social
This combined with Russia blockading Ukraine in the Black Sea could cause a lot of hunger in other parts of the world.
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.
wow, that's kind of unexpected - I thought Poland was friendly. guess not