 A long line of trucks unfolded on the side of the road on December 4 as Polish drivers have been blocking the crossings since November 6, demanding the reinstatement of a system where Ukrainian companies need permits to operate in the block and European truckers require permits to enter Ukraine. Some truckers, stuck for more than two weeks, expressed discontent with their situation. It's bad. It's hard, said Viktor Masinski, a truck driver from Kharkiv stranded at the border for 17 days, the permits were abolished after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year, but Polish truckers argue that this has led to unfair competition from their Ukrainian counterparts, Polish drivers have found support from Polish farmers and Slovakian truckers. They argue that their Ukrainian peers offer services at lower prices and transport goods within the EU, not just between the block and Ukraine. In response to the protests causing lines of up to 18 kilometers on the Polish side at major crossings, Ukraine opened a new small crossing in Euronivdal-Hobaykov to allow empty trucks to leave faster. The Ukrainian truckers are driving with us, there are a few hundred trucks at the moment. This line, let's say, from 12 days in Echerdze, will decrease to 10 or 7 days on the border. For Ukraine, it's great, because they have made one more crossing and their trucks are leaving faster. For us, we are still facing the same problem, because we are still standing in the line. The European Union, also Poland, wanted to help Ukraine, and it's very good that we should help, because we have a common enemy between Russia, to transport goods, those who are needed to the war, to be faster, so that there are no restrictions with permits and other regulations. So some humanitarian aid for the army, weapons, fuel, because when they had a closed access to fuel, okay, but what's different is business, and what's different is war. You have to limit that.