Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced on Monday that Russian trucks will not be allowed to enter Ukraine. The announcement came in retaliation of a similar move by Russia.
"Ukraine has temporarily suspended ... transit permits for cargo vehicles with Russian registration until it receives an explanation and resolution to this dispute (with Russia)," Yatsenyuk said, according to a government statement, reports Reuters.
Reports indicate that Russia had detained 152 Ukraine-registered trucks and banned Ukraine-registered cargo vehicles from entering the country, according to ABC News.
On Sunday, the Russian Transport Ministry stopped Ukrainian trucks because Ukrainian activists had been blocking some Russian trucks from entering Ukraine. "Unfortunately the Ukrainian government is incapable of restoring order. The fact that some thugs are holding up trucks with firearms, means that there are no authorities in Ukraine," Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, according to Business Insider.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich clarified that the ban would not apply to Ukrainian cargo trucks travelling to Kazakhstan via Russia.
