.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned coming from Russia, with AFP experiencing the group being actually greeted at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out not clarify whether it became part of a substitution with Russia, as is actually usually the scenario, however AFP reporters had previously viewed Russian hostages being actually filled onto a bus near the borderline.It would be the second exchange in between the challenging countries because Kyiv's surprise attack right into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky mentioned civilians were likewise one of the returnees, consisting of a "lady that was hijacked when she involved look after her sick father.".He mentioned the swap likewise included fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, in addition to soldiers, boundary shields and law enforcement officers.AFP spoke to two ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and getting florals, that stated they went to the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can not believe it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed motor vehicle of Ukraine's National Protector, mentioned.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods hiding their skins, which were cleared away as they were loaded into a minivan.AFP spoke with a few of all of them for a while, plus all those who communicated mentioned they were actually captured throughout Ukraine's shock Kursk offensive last month.