.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back coming from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the group being actually greeted at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not clarify whether it was part of a substitution along with Russia, as is often the scenario, yet AFP journalists had earlier found Russian hostages being actually packed onto a bus near the perimeter.It would certainly be the second exchange in between the challenging nations due to the fact that Kyiv's shock attack right into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky mentioned civilians were actually additionally one of the returnees, featuring a "lady that was taken hostage when she concerned care for her unwell father.".He claimed the swap also consisted of competitors from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, and also soldiers, border guards and also law enforcement agents.AFP talked with two girls in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and acquiring blossoms, that stated they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can't believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Protector, pointed out.Another lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was a paramedic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually putting on bonnets hiding their skins, which were actually gotten rid of as they were loaded in to a minivan.AFP talked to a number of them for a while, plus all those who talked claimed they were captured throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk offensive last month.