.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the group being greeted at the border with Belarus.Zelensky carried out not clear up whether it belonged to a substitution with Russia, as is actually commonly the instance, however AFP journalists had actually earlier found Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the perimeter.It would certainly be the second exchange in between the challenging nations considering that Kyiv's shock attack right into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky stated private citizens were also one of the returnees, including a "woman that was actually taken hostage when she pertained to handle her ill daddy.".He pointed out the swap likewise included boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, as well as soldiers, boundary shields as well as police officers.AFP contacted 2 females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as receiving florals, who stated they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm eventually home, I can not think it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Protection, claimed.Yet another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were using bonnets hiding their faces, which were actually gotten rid of as they were packed right into a minivan.AFP talked to a few of them briefly, plus all those who talked stated they were actually taken captive throughout Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk aggression last month.