.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been returned from Russia, along with AFP observing the team being welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky performed not make clear whether it became part of an exchange with Russia, as is usually the scenario, however AFP reporters had actually earlier observed Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the border.It would be the 2nd exchange between the warring countries because Kyiv's shock incursion in to Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky mentioned private citizens were also amongst the returnees, including a "lady that was hijacked when she came to look after her sick papa.".He pointed out the exchange likewise featured fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, and also soldiers, boundary protectors as well as police officers.AFP contacted 2 females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and also acquiring blossoms, that 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, leader of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Protection, pointed out.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets hiding their faces, which were removed as they were filled right into a minivan.AFP spoke with some of all of them briefly, and all those that communicated mentioned they were taken captive in the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive final month.