Ukraine's Zelenskiy asks Polish leaders for talks over farmer protest


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  • Wednesday, 21 Feb 2024

FILE PHOTO: Polish farmers protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe and against the import of agricultural produce and food products from Ukraine, as they gather with tractors near Sulechow, Poland, February 20, 2024. Wladyslaw Czulak/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS

WARSAW/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday called on Poland's leaders and European Union officials to come to the Polish-Ukrainian border for talks over repeated blockades by Polish farmers angry at what they say is unfair competition from Kyiv.

Polish Farmers staged a major day of protest on Tuesday, blocking almost all traffic on the border with Ukraine, angering Kyiv, in an escalation from previous demonstrations.

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