.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the team being welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not clear up whether it was part of an exchange along with Russia, as is often the scenario, yet AFP writers had actually earlier seen Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the perimeter.It would certainly be actually the 2nd exchange in between the challenging nations considering that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky claimed civilians were actually likewise among the returnees, consisting of a "woman who was hijacked when she pertained to look after her unwell daddy.".He pointed out the substitution likewise featured boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, in addition to soldiers, border shields as well as police officers.AFP talked with two women in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as acquiring florals, that said they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can't believe it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed auto of Ukraine's National Guard, mentioned.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually putting on bonnets concealing their skins, which were actually eliminated as they were actually packed right into a minivan.AFP spoke with several of them for a while, plus all those who communicated claimed they were captured during the course of Ukraine's shock Kursk offensive last month.