Ukraine and Poland will open a border crossing for empty trucks on Monday in a bid to ease a blockade by Polish haulers, whose protests have paralyzed traffic for weeks.

Thousands of Ukrainian truck drivers are stalled at the border in Poland as tensions between the two countries grow.

Ukraine has taken measures to unlock the Poland border, as agreed upon with the European Commission and Warsaw, according to Deputy Minister for Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine,

Ukrainian and Polish officials met in Warsaw on on Dec. 1 to work on a solution to end a protest by Polish truckers who want the EU to restate entry permits.

Ukraine's top truckers union said on Friday its hopes of a rapid end to Polish trucker protests at the border were fading, as Kyiv prepared to evacuate its hauliers stranded in Poland.

Ukraine and Poland will open a border crossing for empty trucks on December 4 in a bid to ease a blockade by Polish hauliers, whose protests have paralyzed traffic for weeks.

Polish truck drivers have spent nearly a month blockading different crossing points along the border with Ukraine. Last Friday, Slovak drivers joined the protest, turning the dispute into an all-out European crisis.

Ukraine and Poland will open an additional border crossing for empty trucks on Monday in order to open up a much-needed route for Kyiv, with some crossings blocked by weeks of protests by Polish drivers,

Approximately 2,500 trucks were waiting to enter Ukraine at the Ukrainian-Polish border as of the morning of Dec. 4, according to Interfax-Ukraine, citing Ukrainian State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko.