.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned coming from Russia, with AFP experiencing the team being welcomed at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clarify whether it belonged to an exchange with Russia, as is actually often the situation, however AFP reporters had actually earlier observed Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the borderline.It would be the second substitution in between the challenging countries given that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky claimed private citizens were actually additionally among the returnees, including a "woman that was actually hijacked when she concerned handle her ill papa.".He pointed out the swap additionally included boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, in addition to soldiers, boundary protections and law enforcement officers.AFP spoke with pair of women in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and getting florals, that said they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually eventually home, I can not think it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Shield, mentioned.One more female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a paramedic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing bonnets hiding their faces, which were eliminated as they were filled right into a minivan.AFP spoke with a few of all of them temporarily, plus all those that communicated mentioned they were actually captured during Ukraine's shock Kursk onslaught last month.