Ukraine seeks to move customs checks inside EU to avoid Russian drones, FT reports

L’Ucraina intende spostare i controlli doganali all’interno dell’Unione europea per evitare i droni russi, secondo quanto riporta il Financial Times


A truck with corn is seen at a grain storage facility in the village of Bilohiria, Khmelnytskyi region, Ukraine April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (Reuters)

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine is in talks with EU member states Poland and Slovakia about moving customs checks on lorries carrying grain exports from the border to inside those countries, to halt Russian drone attacks on the trucks, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Ukraine’s foreign ministry said Kyiv had set up joint border control points with Moldova and wanted to “scale up” the initiative with other neighbours, including Poland, the FT reported.

Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told the FT the move was driven by a “new security environment where Russia is deliberately trying to strike our borders” and that Kyiv wanted to finalise an agreement with Poland as soon as possible.

(Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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