.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been returned from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the group being welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky did not make clear whether it belonged to an exchange along with Russia, as is actually commonly the situation, however AFP writers had earlier seen Russian hostages being packed onto a bus near the borderline.It would certainly be actually the second substitution between the challenging nations given that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise incursion right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky stated civilians were actually also among the returnees, featuring a "female that was hijacked when she related to deal with her ill dad.".He said the substitution additionally featured fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, and also soldiers, perimeter protections as well as policemans.AFP contacted 2 ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as receiving blooms, that stated they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can't think it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped motor vehicle of Ukraine's National Shield, claimed.Yet another lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually putting on hoods hiding their skins, which were removed as they were loaded right into a minivan.AFP spoke to a number of all of them quickly, and all those who communicated said they were captured during Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught last month.