.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been returned from Russia, with AFP experiencing the team being greeted at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not make clear whether it belonged to an exchange along with Russia, as is commonly the scenario, but AFP reporters had earlier seen Russian hostages being actually loaded onto a bus near the borderline.It would be the 2nd substitution between the challenging nations since Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out civilians were actually likewise amongst the returnees, including a "lady that was actually hijacked when she involved deal with her sick father.".He said the substitution additionally featured fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, along with soldiers, border shields as well as police officers.AFP contacted pair of females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and receiving flowers, that mentioned they were at the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can't think it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped automobile of Ukraine's National Protection, stated.One more woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP found the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing bonnets concealing their skins, which were eliminated as they were actually filled in to a minivan.AFP spoke to a number of them for a while, plus all those who communicated claimed they were actually taken captive throughout Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk aggression final month.