.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned coming from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the team being actually welcomed at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not make clear whether it became part of a substitution along with Russia, as is generally the scenario, however AFP writers had actually earlier seen Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the borderline.It will be actually the 2nd exchange in between the warring nations since Kyiv's surprise attack into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky stated private citizens were actually likewise one of the returnees, consisting of a "female who was actually hijacked when she involved take care of her sick dad.".He pointed out the swap also consisted of fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, and also soldiers, boundary protections and police officers.AFP spoke to two women in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags as well as receiving blossoms, that mentioned they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually eventually home, I can not believe it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Guard, stated.Yet another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods hiding their faces, which were actually taken out as they were actually loaded in to a minivan.AFP talked to several of them quickly, and all those that talked stated they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's shock Kursk aggression final month.