The attacks came as citizens hoped for mass evacuations from several besieged Ukrainian cities, including Mariupol, which has been without food, water, or power for days and has begun burying bodies in mass graves because its morgues are filled.
The AAP slammed the move, calling it "death of democracy" and alleging that the poll board had caved in to pressure from the government.
The Indian Embassy in Ukraine announced the news on Wednesday, saying that the students, who had been stranded at Sumy State University in northeast Ukraine, had taken a special train from Lviv to Poland's western border.