.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned coming from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the team being greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not make clear whether it became part of a substitution with Russia, as is actually normally the instance, but AFP writers had actually earlier observed Russian hostages being actually packed onto a bus near the border.It would certainly be actually the 2nd exchange between the challenging countries given that Kyiv's shock attack into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky said private citizens were also amongst the returnees, including a "lady who was hijacked when she concerned deal with her ill dad.".He said the substitution likewise included competitors from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, as well as soldiers, perimeter guards and police officers.AFP talked to pair of ladies in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners as well as acquiring florals, that claimed they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can not feel it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped automobile of Ukraine's National Shield, claimed.Another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP saw the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were using bonnets hiding their faces, which were actually eliminated as they were actually packed into a minivan.AFP spoke with a few of all of them temporarily, plus all those that spoke said they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's shock Kursk onslaught final month.