.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back coming from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the group being actually greeted at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not make clear whether it was part of an exchange with Russia, as is actually generally the case, however AFP journalists had actually earlier observed Russian prisoners of war being actually loaded onto a bus near the borderline.It will be the 2nd swap between the challenging nations because Kyiv's unpleasant surprise incursion right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out civilians were actually likewise one of the returnees, including a "gal who was hijacked when she came to care for her unwell dad.".He stated the exchange likewise featured boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, and also soldiers, border shields and police officers.AFP spoke to pair of ladies in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and acquiring florals, who mentioned they were at the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can not feel it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped car of Ukraine's National Protection, stated.One more female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually putting on bonnets hiding their faces, which were actually taken out as they were actually packed into a minivan.AFP talked with several of them for a while, and all those that communicated stated they were taken captive in the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk offensive final month.