.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back coming from Russia, with AFP witnessing the team being welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not make clear whether it belonged to a swap with Russia, as is actually commonly the situation, but AFP journalists had earlier seen Russian hostages being packed onto a bus near the border.It would certainly be the 2nd substitution in between the warring nations since Kyiv's shock incursion in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky pointed out private citizens were likewise among the returnees, featuring a "girl who was hijacked when she related to handle her ill papa.".He mentioned the exchange also included fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, along with soldiers, border protectors as well as polices.AFP spoke with two ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as acquiring blossoms, who stated they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can't think it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped vehicle of Ukraine's National Shield, claimed.One more female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using hoods concealing their skins, which were cleared away as they were packed in to a minivan.AFP talked to a few of all of them temporarily, and all those that communicated said they were taken captive in the course of Ukraine's shock Kursk offensive final month.