.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the group being welcomed at the border with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clear up whether it became part of a substitution along with Russia, as is generally the situation, but AFP journalists had actually previously seen Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the edge.It would certainly be the 2nd swap in between the challenging countries due to the fact that Kyiv's shock incursion right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky said civilians were actually additionally one of the returnees, consisting of a "lady that was taken hostage when she related to take care of her unwell father.".He mentioned the swap additionally featured fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, as well as soldiers, perimeter protectors and police officers.AFP talked with two women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and acquiring flowers, that claimed they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can not think it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Protector, pointed out.One more girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP saw the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing hoods concealing their skins, which were actually removed as they were loaded in to a minivan.AFP spoke with some of all of them for a while, and all those that talked stated they were actually taken captive throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught last month.