.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned coming from Russia, with AFP experiencing the team being welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not clarify whether it belonged to an exchange along with Russia, as is actually normally the instance, however AFP writers had actually earlier observed Russian hostages being loaded onto a bus near the borderline.It will be actually the 2nd substitution between the warring countries given that Kyiv's surprise attack right into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky claimed civilians were likewise one of the returnees, consisting of a "woman that was hijacked when she pertained to look after her ill daddy.".He pointed out the substitution also featured boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, and also soldiers, boundary shields and also police officers.AFP spoke with pair of girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and obtaining blossoms, that claimed they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm ultimately home, I can't believe it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Protector, pointed out.One more woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using bonnets hiding their skins, which were eliminated as they were actually filled in to a minivan.AFP talked to several of them quickly, plus all those that talked claimed they were captured during the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk aggression last month.