The border with Poland is currently impassable for trucks from Belarus - Warsaw is also closing the last border crossing. This widens the dispute between the states. More than a week ago, Poland had closed a crossing for alleged security reasons.
Poland also closed its last open border crossing for trucks from Belarus on Tuesday evening. The Ministry of the Interior in Warsaw said that the restriction would only be lifted again when Belarus lifted its restrictions on Polish trucks.
After the first border crossing through Poland was closed, Belarus for its part restricted the entry options for Polish trucks. Since then, a line more than 40 kilometers long has formed at the Koroszczyn border crossing.
The dispute began on February 10, when Poland closed the Bobrowniki crossing to ensure the "security of the country". Shortly before, the government-critical Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut had been sentenced to eight years in prison in Belarus. After the verdict, Warsaw announced that it would expand its sanctions against Minsk. Minsk is a close Moscow ally and a year ago allowed Russian troops to invade Ukraine through Belarusian territory.
