.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned coming from Russia, with AFP seeing the group being greeted at the border with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not make clear whether it belonged to a substitution along with Russia, as is commonly the instance, but AFP journalists had previously viewed Russian hostages being loaded onto a bus near the borderline.It would be actually the 2nd exchange between the challenging nations since Kyiv's shock incursion in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky said civilians were actually also among the returnees, featuring a "lady who was hijacked when she related to deal with her ill daddy.".He mentioned the swap also included boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, in addition to soldiers, border protections and polices.AFP spoke with pair of females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags and acquiring blossoms, that claimed they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can't feel it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed automobile of Ukraine's National Guard, pointed out.Another lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP found the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were using bonnets concealing their faces, which were actually gotten rid of as they were actually filled in to a minivan.AFP talked to a number of them temporarily, plus all those who talked mentioned they were actually captured during Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression last month.