.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back coming from Russia, with AFP watching the group being actually welcomed at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not clear up whether it was part of an exchange along with Russia, as is actually generally the situation, however AFP journalists had previously viewed Russian prisoners of war being loaded onto a bus near the edge.It would certainly be the 2nd exchange in between the warring nations since Kyiv's shock attack into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky mentioned civilians were actually also amongst the returnees, including a "female who was actually taken hostage when she concerned handle her ill father.".He pointed out the swap also included boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, in addition to soldiers, border protections and police officers.AFP contacted pair of ladies in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and also getting florals, who mentioned they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can not believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Guard, stated.Yet another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were using hoods concealing their faces, which were eliminated as they were actually packed in to a minivan.AFP contacted a number of them temporarily, plus all those that communicated mentioned they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's shock Kursk aggression last month.