.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the team being actually welcomed at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clear up whether it belonged to an exchange with Russia, as is actually typically the case, yet AFP journalists had actually earlier found Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the edge.It would be the 2nd substitution between the challenging countries due to the fact that Kyiv's shock attack into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky pointed out civilians were likewise one of the returnees, consisting of a "gal that was hijacked when she concerned deal with her unwell dad.".He claimed the substitution additionally included boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, along with soldiers, border protections as well as law enforcement agents.AFP spoke to pair of girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags as well as acquiring flowers, that mentioned they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can not think it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Shield, mentioned.One more female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian armed forces steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets concealing their faces, which were actually eliminated as they were packed right into a minivan.AFP talked with some of them temporarily, plus all those who communicated said they were actually taken captive during the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught last month.