.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back coming from Russia, with AFP experiencing the team being actually welcomed at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clear up whether it belonged to a swap with Russia, as is generally the scenario, however AFP writers had earlier observed Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the borderline.It would be the 2nd substitution in between the challenging nations since Kyiv's shock attack right into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky stated civilians were likewise among the returnees, consisting of a "woman who was taken hostage when she involved care for her sick father.".He stated the substitution likewise featured boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, in addition to soldiers, boundary protections as well as policemans.AFP contacted two ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags as well as acquiring florals, that stated they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm ultimately home, I can not think it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped automobile of Ukraine's National Shield, stated.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on hoods hiding their skins, which were actually taken out as they were loaded right into a minivan.AFP contacted a number of them for a while, plus all those that talked mentioned they were taken captive throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught last month.