.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back coming from Russia, along with AFP witnessing the team being welcomed at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clear up whether it became part of a substitution along with Russia, as is commonly the scenario, but AFP writers had actually previously viewed Russian hostages being packed onto a bus near the borderline.It would certainly be actually the 2nd exchange in between the challenging countries considering that Kyiv's shock attack right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out private citizens were actually likewise among the returnees, consisting of a "lady that was actually hijacked when she pertained to take care of her ill father.".He claimed the exchange likewise featured boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, and also soldiers, perimeter shields and police officers.AFP talked to 2 ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags as well as receiving blossoms, that mentioned they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can't think it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed car of Ukraine's National Guard, pointed out.Yet another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was a paramedic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP found the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually putting on hoods hiding their skins, which were actually taken out as they were actually filled right into a minivan.AFP contacted some of all of them for a while, plus all those who spoke claimed they were actually captured in the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive last month.