Ukraine is planning an additional route via the Danube River to circumvent the ongoing protests and ensuing problems at the Polish border, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 20, citing comments from Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov. The Danube’s importance as a shipping route rose sharply following Russia’s unilateral withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal in July 2023. Ukrainian exports have increasingly been sent overland into Poland, but that route has become ensnared in demonstrations from Polish farmers and truckers, who have intermittently blocked the border for commercial …
