Polish farmers have expressed their intent to block the passage of passenger buses through the Medyka-Shehyni border checkpoint.

"According to information received by Ukrainian border guards from representatives of the Polish Border Guard, Polish farmers are scaling up their protests and will block [non-freight] traffic at the Medyka checkpoint, opposite to the Ukrainian Shehyni checkpoint.

The protesters will block the passage of buses both entering and leaving Poland. The participants in the border blockade plan to let one bus through in each direction every two hours," Andrii Demchenko, the spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, said in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda.

Demchenko said no information has been received from Polish border guards on the duration of the protest action.

Polish officials will report if the situation changes or additional information is available, the officer noted.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported that a bus traffic blockade began on Wednesday at around 11:10.