.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back coming from Russia, with AFP seeing the team being actually welcomed at the border with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clear up whether it belonged to a swap along with Russia, as is actually commonly the scenario, however AFP writers had previously viewed Russian hostages being actually filled onto a bus near the perimeter.It would be the 2nd exchange in between the challenging nations considering that Kyiv's surprise attack into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky stated private citizens were also among the returnees, featuring a "gal that was actually hijacked when she pertained to take care of her sick papa.".He pointed out the substitution likewise included fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, along with soldiers, border protectors and police officers.AFP talked to 2 ladies in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and getting blossoms, who mentioned they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can't think it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Protection, mentioned.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP found the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were using bonnets concealing their skins, which were gotten rid of as they were actually packed right into a minivan.AFP contacted a number of all of them temporarily, and all those who communicated stated they were taken captive throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression final month.