Live updates on the Border Guard portal on 15 September 2026 show that passenger traffic remains “temporarily suspended” at multiple road checkpoints on the Polish-Belarusian frontier, including Kuźnica Białostocka – Bruzgi and Bobrowniki – Berestovitsa. The closures were first introduced in 2023 during a spike in irregular crossings and have been renewed every few months as tensions with Minsk flare. For corporate mobility managers, the continuing shutdown means all commercial traffic must detour through the only operational crossing at Terespol – Brest or route goods via Lithuania. Logistics providers report diversions add up to 200 km and 4–6 hours to transit times, inflating fuel costs and complicating just-in-time supply chains for automotive and retail sectors reliant on Belarusian subcontractors. The suspension also affects posted workers and technicians servicing factories in the Grodno region, who now require advance clearance to transit through Lithuania. Companies are re-booking staff on Warsaw–Vilnius flights followed by overland transfers to Belarus—a workaround that raises travel budgets by an estimated 35 percent. Warsaw links the closures to “hybrid” pressure orchestrated by Belarusian authorities, and hints they will remain until EU-Belarus relations normalise. Businesses should review alternative routing, confirm visas that allow re-entry via Lithuanian Schengen territory, and monitor the granica.gov.pl dashboard for any overnight changes.
