.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned coming from Russia, with AFP watching the group being actually greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not clear up whether it was part of an exchange along with Russia, as is usually the instance, however AFP reporters had earlier seen Russian hostages being actually filled onto a bus near the perimeter.It will be the second exchange between the warring nations since Kyiv's surprise attack into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky stated civilians were actually additionally amongst the returnees, featuring a "female who was hijacked when she involved care for her sick papa.".He claimed the exchange also included boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, and also soldiers, boundary protections as well as polices.AFP spoke to two women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags as well as obtaining flowers, that mentioned they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually eventually home, I can't believe it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Protector, claimed.Another lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were using bonnets hiding their skins, which were actually taken out as they were actually filled right into a minivan.AFP talked to several of all of them temporarily, plus all those that talked mentioned they were captured during Ukraine's shock Kursk offensive final month.