.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been returned coming from Russia, along with AFP observing the group being actually greeted at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not make clear whether it became part of a swap along with Russia, as is actually often the scenario, however AFP writers had earlier viewed Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the edge.It would certainly be the 2nd substitution in between the challenging nations given that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack right into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky pointed out private citizens were actually additionally amongst the returnees, including a "gal who was actually hijacked when she involved look after her sick father.".He claimed the substitution additionally included fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, and also soldiers, perimeter protections as well as law enforcement agents.AFP spoke to 2 females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags as well as acquiring florals, who claimed they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually eventually home, I can't feel it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed automobile of Ukraine's National Guard, said.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a paramedic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually putting on hoods hiding their faces, which were actually removed as they were packed in to a minivan.AFP spoke to some of them quickly, and all those that communicated mentioned they were captured during Ukraine's shock Kursk aggression final month.