.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back coming from Russia, along with AFP seeing the group being actually welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not clear up whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is typically the case, however AFP journalists had actually earlier seen Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the border.It will be actually the 2nd exchange between the challenging countries because Kyiv's shock incursion into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky claimed private citizens were actually likewise one of the returnees, including a "gal who was actually taken hostage when she pertained to deal with her unwell dad.".He pointed out the exchange likewise consisted of fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, along with soldiers, boundary protectors as well as police officers.AFP talked to two ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and obtaining florals, that stated they were at the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can't feel it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Protector, pointed out.An additional lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was a medic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP saw the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using hoods hiding their faces, which were gotten rid of as they were packed right into a minivan.AFP spoke with some of them quickly, and all those that talked said they were taken captive during the course of Ukraine's shock Kursk offensive final month.