.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned from Russia, with AFP observing the team being greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clear up whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is typically the situation, yet AFP reporters had previously observed Russian prisoners of war being loaded onto a bus near the perimeter.It would certainly be actually the second exchange between the warring nations due to the fact that Kyiv's shock attack into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out civilians were actually additionally one of the returnees, consisting of a "woman that was hijacked when she involved handle her ill papa.".He pointed out the exchange also consisted of competitors from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, in addition to soldiers, perimeter protections and also police officers.AFP talked with pair of women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags as well as acquiring blooms, that said they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually eventually home, I can't feel it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed automobile of Ukraine's National Guard, stated.Another lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP found the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods hiding their skins, which were actually cleared away as they were filled right into a minivan.AFP contacted some of all of them for a while, plus all those that spoke mentioned they were actually taken captive throughout Ukraine's shock Kursk offensive final month.