Monday, February 28, Poland’s Ambassador to India, Adam Burakowski, rejected Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi’s assertions that Indians are not permitted to enter via Ukraine’s border by Poland. Chaturvedi had sent a tweet to Poland’s embassy in India, claiming that many Indian students were being denied admission. She further claimed that kids who were permitted to enter on Sunday were turned away.

Burakowski asked Chaturvedi to refrain from spreading false information and to double-check her sources before publishing anything on social media. He claimed that the Polish authorities did not bar Ukrainians from entering the country.

The Shiv Sena leader was irritated by his response, and he retaliated by slamming the Ambassador for correcting her error. She stated that she would be pleased to provide the names and contact information of the students who purportedly made the allegations. “I’d appreciate having the basic manners of contacting out before yelling fake news,” she continued.

He went on to say that he was confident that the Polish authorities would not refuse Indians access, and he pushed her to share the students’ information with the Polish Embassy in India. He went on to say that the Polish Embassy in India was in regular touch with India’s Ambassador to Poland, Nagma Mallick, to plan the evacuation of the Indian students.

So when Embassy requested her to DM the specifics because he couldn’t disclose his phone number in public, Chaturvedi flatly refused, stating that her phone number was public and that he could call her once he had all the facts. Chaturvedi said that the Polish ambassador, who is coordinating and assisting the Indian government’s withdrawal from Poland, did not have all the information and should know better.

Since Russia’s military activity began on February 24, approximately three lakh refugees (of all nationalities) have crossed the border between Ukraine and Poland, according to Burakowski, with 1200 Indians among them. After that, Chaturvedi suggested communicating through the official channels rather than on Twitter. Surprisingly, she was the one who started the topic on social media.

Chaturvedi was irritated to see the Ambassador reacting to her personally since she did not tag him in the first tweet, which was an intriguing component of the dialogue.

While the Ambassador had requested that she transmit data to the Polish Embassy, Chaturvedi published a photo of the students she said had been denied admission to Poland or had been sent back from Poland.

Burakowski’s response to Chaturvedi was also retweeted by the Indian Embassy in Poland, which annoyed her.

India would provide buses for Indians across the Ukrainian border.

Ten buses have begun running at Shehyni on the Ukraine side of the border, according to the Indian Embassy in Poland’s latest announcement.

The buses would transport Indian people to other border crossings in Poland where they could travel. The buses would pass through the border crossings of Krakowiec and Budomierz before dropping students off at the Embassy’s Rzeszow residential lodgings.

The goal is to minimize crowding at Shehyni and offer a secure environment for Indian nationals. The buses are reserved especially for those who are stranded at the Shehyni border. The embassy also advised Indians in Lviv to stay put and wait for the traffic at the Shehyni border to clear. Poland’s government had previously stated that Indian students would not be required to submit visas.