Sunday, September 20, 2015

Trade blockade? Ukrainian activists block food trucks on checkpoints to Crimea

Protesters from Ukraine have occupied highways near three checkpoints in between Ukraine and Crimea, not letting food trucks cross into the peninsula. Crimean authorities say the blockade won’t have a significant effect on the economy.
Ukrainian activists have blocked the roads leading from Ukraine into Crimea, having stopped about 200 trucks, 112 Ukraina news outlet reported citing Ukrainian officials. Crimean deputy Prime Minister Ruslan Balbek also confirmed the blockade. 
The action was announced beforehand by an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, Zoryan Shkiryak, on his Facebook page.

INC News, 20/09/2015 - via RT

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