Truck traffic from Ukraine to Slovakia partially restored

MOSCOW. Dec 14 (Interfax) - Slovakia partially resumed admission of trucks at 7:30 p.m. on December 13, Ukrainian media said on Thursday with the reference to the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service.

"As of 6 a.m., 28 trucks were cleared to cross from Ukraine at the Uzhgorod checkpoint, and 24 of them passed every kind of control on the Slovak side," the service said.

Preliminary reports said that Slovakia would be admitting two vehicles per hour. In fact, three or four trucks are cleared every hour.

The Union of Motor Carriers of Slovakia (UNAS) blocked truck traffic through the only checkpoint at the border with Ukraine (Vyshne Niemecke - Uzhgorod) at 3 p.m. on December 11.

According to the eCherga system, 1,181 trucks are waiting to cross into Slovakia.