Thousands of Bulgarian and Romanian farmers blocked border crossings into Ukraine on Friday 7 April.

The farmers used hundreds of trucks, tractors and other vehicles to block roads, angry about cheap Ukrainian agricultural produce flooding their markets.

When Russia invaded Ukraine some of its produce became cheaper in nearby countries both because it was harder to ship further afield and because the EU lifted duty on Ukraine's agricultural exports.

The National Association of Grain Producers of Bulgaria on Friday blocked the border crossings at Ruse and Kardam.

Protests are taking place in Bucharest, Constanta, Giurgiu, Negru Voda, along the border with Moldova, and in the interior of the country.

The farmers want the EU not to extend the duty free treatment of Ukrainian agricultural goods without regulations to limit excessive inflows, such as quotas, anti-dumping duties and import deposit fees.

They argue that removing import tariffs and agricultural trade barriers with Ukraine should have been a joint EU commitment, but its negative consequences have been disproportionately borne by member states geographically close to Ukraine, with farmers having their livelihood taken away.

Thousands of farmers are protesting in Bulgaria and Romania