Poland also bans entry of vehicles with Russian license plates

WARSAW

Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski on Saturday announced that vehicles with Russian license plates will be prohibited from entering Poland beginning at midnight.

Kaminski made the announcement during a press conference near the Belarusian border, Poland's news agency PAP reported.

The news agency quoted Kaminski as saying: "Russian trucks were already included in this ban. Now we are closing this issue. No Russian car will be allowed to enter Poland."

He added that the entry of Russian-registered passenger vehicles into Poland will be prohibited from midnight onwards.

The ban would apply to all vehicles, both commercial and private, regardless of whether the vehicle owner is a Russian citizen or a citizen of another country.

Earlier on Friday, three Baltic states, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, as well as Finland, announced a ban on the entry of vehicles with Russian license plates.

Poland has become the fifth country to announce the implementation of this ban.