.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been come back coming from Russia, with AFP watching the team being greeted at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky did not clear up whether it belonged to an exchange with Russia, as is actually commonly the scenario, but AFP writers had actually earlier viewed Russian hostages being loaded onto a bus near the border.It will be actually the 2nd exchange in between the challenging countries considering that Kyiv's shock incursion right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky claimed private citizens were actually likewise among the returnees, including a "girl who was actually taken hostage when she involved take care of her unwell dad.".He said the exchange also included fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, as well as soldiers, border protections and also law enforcement officers.AFP talked to 2 girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and also receiving blossoms, who mentioned they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm eventually home, I can not believe it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Guard, stated.Yet another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing hoods hiding their skins, which were taken out as they were packed in to a minivan.AFP spoke with a few of them for a while, and all those who communicated said they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught final month.