.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned coming from Russia, along with AFP observing the team being actually welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not clear up whether it became part of an exchange with Russia, as is actually often the scenario, but AFP journalists had actually earlier found Russian prisoners of war being loaded onto a bus near the borderline.It would certainly be the 2nd substitution in between the challenging nations due to the fact that Kyiv's surprise attack into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out private citizens were additionally one of the returnees, featuring a "woman who was hijacked when she involved deal with her sick dad.".He said the exchange additionally consisted of competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, as well as soldiers, perimeter guards and also law enforcement officers.AFP talked with 2 females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and also getting blossoms, that stated they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm eventually home, I can not feel it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed car of Ukraine's National Protection, claimed.An additional girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using hoods concealing their skins, which were actually taken out as they were actually loaded right into a minivan.AFP spoke with a few of them briefly, plus all those who communicated mentioned they were taken captive during Ukraine's shock Kursk onslaught final month.