.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP witnessing the group being welcomed at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clarify whether it became part of an exchange along with Russia, as is actually typically the situation, yet AFP writers had actually previously observed Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the borderline.It would certainly be the second substitution in between the warring nations considering that Kyiv's surprise incursion right into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky stated civilians were actually also amongst the returnees, featuring a "lady who was actually hijacked when she involved take care of her ill dad.".He stated the swap also consisted of competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, in addition to soldiers, perimeter protectors and police officers.AFP spoke to pair of females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as obtaining blooms, who claimed they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can not think it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped vehicle of Ukraine's National Guard, claimed.Another woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP saw the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were using hoods hiding their faces, which were eliminated as they were actually filled right into a minivan.AFP talked to several of them quickly, and all those who communicated said they were actually taken captive in the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive final month.