Air raid alerts push waiting times at the Ukraine–Poland border to 40 hours
Air raid alerts are temporarily halting vehicle processing at crossings between Ukraine and Poland's Lublin Voivodeship. The wait at Dorohusk has reached 40 hours, and at Hrebenne it exceeds a full day.
Long vehicle queues have built up at border crossings between Ukraine and Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, in the east of the country. The cause is air raid alerts: whenever one is declared, the crossings temporarily stop processing vehicles.
Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported on 16 October that the wait at the Dorohusk crossing has reached 40 hours. At Hrebenne, drivers have to wait more than 24 hours.
What this means
Air raid alerts in Ukraine are linked to the ongoing hostilities in the country. This time they are also disrupting the movement of vehicles across the border, since processing stops while an alert is in force. The source gives no further detail on how long the interruptions last or when traffic might return to normal.
