.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been returned from Russia, with AFP watching the group being actually greeted at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not make clear whether it belonged to a swap with Russia, as is actually normally the situation, yet AFP journalists had earlier viewed Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the perimeter.It will be the 2nd exchange in between the warring nations because Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack in to Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out civilians were actually also one of the returnees, featuring a "woman that was taken hostage when she came to care for her unwell dad.".He stated the substitution additionally consisted of boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, as well as soldiers, border protections as well as law enforcement officers.AFP talked with 2 ladies in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and also getting flowers, that claimed they were at the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can not believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Guard, mentioned.Yet another woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using hoods concealing their faces, which were removed as they were actually packed right into a minivan.AFP spoke to a few of them briefly, plus all those that communicated mentioned they were actually taken captive throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression last month.