.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back coming from Russia, with AFP seeing the group being welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky carried out not clear up whether it was part of a substitution with Russia, as is actually generally the situation, but AFP writers had earlier found Russian prisoners of war being packed onto a bus near the borderline.It will be the 2nd exchange in between the challenging nations since Kyiv's shock incursion right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky claimed civilians were also among the returnees, consisting of a "lady that was taken hostage when she pertained to care for her ill papa.".He mentioned the swap likewise consisted of boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, and also soldiers, perimeter guards and law enforcement officers.AFP spoke with 2 girls in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners as well as obtaining flowers, who stated they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm ultimately home, I can not feel it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped car of Ukraine's National Protector, claimed.One more lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using hoods hiding their faces, which were actually taken out as they were loaded into a minivan.AFP spoke with a few of all of them briefly, plus all those that talked said they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's shock Kursk onslaught last month.