The exception applies to vehicles engaged in mail.
Any road transport company owned by Belarusian and Russian companies must leave the EU by 16 April. This is stated in the description of sanctions on the official website of the EU.
Yes, the European Union has banned the import and transit of new goods by road from Russia and Belarus to the EU since April 9.
That is, as of today, trucks from Russia and Belarus, which were going to enter the EU, will not be able to do so.
And starting on April 16, the European Union will introduce a total ban on these trucks crossing the EU border. All trucks from these two countries must leave the territory of the European Union.
The exception applies to vehicles engaged in mail.
It will be recalled that this week the European Union finally approved the fifth package of sanctions against Russia over the war against Ukraine. Sanctions include a roadblock.
It should be added that Ukraine has long been living in the realities of a real transport blockade . About it on ZN.UA in the article “Transport blockade of Russia. Light” the founder of the project “Railway without corruption” Vladimir Datsenko writes.
Since February 24, one of Russia's strikes has been to block Ukraine's transport as the most effective blow to the economy. Russian ships blocked the waters of Ukrainian ports. Transit traffic was completely stopped. Dozens of road and rail crossings to the EU remain the only corridor in the world for Ukraine. Their capacity is not unlimited.
It should also be recalled that the Baltic States and Poland have agreed in advance to completely block road transport with the aggressor country and Belarus. , and not just for Russian and Belarusian trucks.
