.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been returned from Russia, along with AFP watching the team being actually greeted at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not make clear whether it belonged to a substitution with Russia, as is normally the instance, yet AFP writers had actually earlier observed Russian prisoners of war being actually loaded onto a bus near the border.It would be actually the second exchange between the challenging nations since Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky claimed civilians were likewise among the returnees, including a "gal who was hijacked when she concerned handle her unwell dad.".He stated the swap likewise consisted of boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, as well as soldiers, perimeter shields and polices.AFP talked to 2 females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags as well as acquiring florals, who stated they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can not think it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed auto of Ukraine's National Shield, stated.An additional woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing hoods concealing their faces, which were actually taken out as they were actually filled in to a minivan.AFP spoke with a number of them temporarily, plus all those who talked stated they were captured during the course of Ukraine's shock Kursk onslaught final month.