.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP seeing the team being welcomed at the border with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clarify whether it became part of an exchange along with Russia, as is commonly the situation, yet AFP journalists had actually earlier viewed Russian hostages being packed onto a bus near the edge.It would be the 2nd swap in between the challenging countries due to the fact that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack right into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky mentioned private citizens were actually likewise amongst the returnees, including a "female that was taken hostage when she related to deal with her unwell dad.".He said the substitution likewise consisted of boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, and also soldiers, boundary protectors and police officers.AFP talked to two women in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and receiving florals, that stated they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can't believe it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Guard, claimed.One more girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP saw the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using hoods concealing their faces, which were removed as they were actually packed right into a minivan.AFP contacted several of all of them briefly, plus all those that talked claimed they were actually captured throughout Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive final month.