.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back from Russia, with AFP experiencing the team being actually welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clarify whether it belonged to a substitution along with Russia, as is commonly the case, however AFP reporters had earlier seen Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the edge.It will be the second exchange between the warring nations because Kyiv's surprise attack in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky said private citizens were likewise among the returnees, including a "lady that was actually hijacked when she pertained to deal with her unwell father.".He stated the exchange likewise included competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, and also soldiers, perimeter protectors and law enforcement officers.AFP talked to pair of ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags and also obtaining flowers, who claimed they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually eventually home, I can not feel it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Shield, mentioned.One more lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using bonnets hiding their faces, which were gotten rid of as they were filled into a minivan.AFP talked to a number of them quickly, and all those who communicated claimed they were actually taken captive throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught final month.