.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back from Russia, with AFP seeing the group being actually welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out not clear up whether it was part of an exchange with Russia, as is generally the case, yet AFP writers had previously viewed Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the borderline.It would be the 2nd exchange in between the challenging countries given that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack in to Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky mentioned private citizens were additionally amongst the returnees, consisting of a "woman who was actually hijacked when she pertained to take care of her sick father.".He pointed out the exchange likewise consisted of competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, as well as soldiers, perimeter guards and policemans.AFP contacted 2 girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags and getting blossoms, who claimed they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually eventually home, I can't think it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed auto of Ukraine's National Shield, stated.An additional girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian armed forces steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods hiding their faces, which were actually eliminated as they were filled into a minivan.AFP contacted several of all of them quickly, and all those who talked claimed they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive final month.