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In response to the Polish farmers pouring Ukrainian grain at the border with Ukraine, the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry has issued a statement, inviting Polish protesters to come to Ukraine and see the working conditions Ukrainian farmers are forced to work under during the war.
The statement was released by the ministry’s press service on Facebook.
“For two years of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian farmers have been working under constant enemy fire and suffering huge losses. They have been harvesting grain extremely hard and sometimes at the cost of their lives. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food invites Polish farmers to visit Ukraine to see the conditions in which Ukrainian farmers are currently working. 4 million small farmers in Ukraine are ready to share their experience with their Polish counterparts,” the statement says.
Ukraine will be monitoring the investigation of the incident at the border and expects the perpetrators to be quickly identified and charged.
The ministry stressed that Ukraine understands Polish farmers who want to defend their interests, but in a civilized manner, which is not the case.
Despite another complication of Ukrainian-Polish relations, the ministry expressed gratitude to the Poles who have been helping to help the Ukrainians get through difficult times.
On February 11, during a rally at the Ukrainian-Polish border, Polish farmers intercepted three Ukrainian trucks and poured grain from them out on the road.
