.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back from Russia, with AFP watching the group being actually welcomed at the border with Belarus.Zelensky did not clear up whether it belonged to an exchange along with Russia, as is normally the scenario, but AFP reporters had previously viewed Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the edge.It would be actually the 2nd substitution in between the warring nations given that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky mentioned civilians were actually additionally one of the returnees, including a "lady who was taken hostage when she concerned take care of her ill father.".He pointed out the substitution likewise featured boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, along with soldiers, border guards as well as police officers.AFP spoke with two females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as receiving blooms, who mentioned they were at the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can not think it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed car of Ukraine's National Guard, said.An additional woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods concealing their faces, which were actually taken out as they were packed in to a minivan.AFP spoke with a few of them quickly, plus all those who communicated said they were actually taken captive throughout Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught final month.