.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP seeing the team being actually welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clear up whether it became part of a substitution with Russia, as is actually generally the situation, however AFP writers had actually earlier found Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the perimeter.It would certainly be actually the 2nd exchange in between the challenging nations since Kyiv's surprise incursion in to Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky said civilians were additionally amongst the returnees, consisting of a "girl that was actually hijacked when she pertained to deal with her unwell papa.".He pointed out the substitution likewise featured boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, as well as soldiers, perimeter shields and law enforcement officers.AFP spoke with 2 girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as getting blossoms, that said they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm ultimately home, I can not think it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed auto of Ukraine's National Shield, mentioned.Yet another woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using hoods concealing their skins, which were actually cleared away as they were filled right into a minivan.AFP spoke to a number of all of them for a while, and all those who spoke stated they were captured throughout Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk aggression final month.