Polish farmers plan total blockade of Ukrainian border

Polish farmers will step up protests on the border with Ukraine, blocking almost all traffic in what they say is a bid to save their livelihoods but which Kyiv says is damaging its war effort.

Farmers across Europe have been demonstrating against constraints placed on them by European Union measures to tackle climate change, as well as rising costs and what they say is unfair competition from abroad, particularly Ukraine.

"(There will be a) total blockade of all traffic at border crossings," said Adrian Wawrzyniak, a spokesperson for the Solidarity farmers' union.