.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been come back from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the group being actually welcomed at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clear up whether it was part of an exchange with Russia, as is commonly the case, however AFP journalists had earlier observed Russian hostages being actually packed onto a bus near the borderline.It would certainly be the second exchange in between the warring countries considering that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise incursion right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out civilians were likewise one of the returnees, consisting of a "girl who was taken hostage when she related to care for her sick dad.".He pointed out the substitution also included fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, and also soldiers, perimeter protections as well as police officers.AFP contacted two ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags and receiving florals, who mentioned they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can not believe it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Guard, pointed out.One more woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP saw the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets concealing their skins, which were actually gotten rid of as they were filled in to a minivan.AFP talked with some of them briefly, and all those who talked stated they were taken captive throughout Ukraine's shock Kursk onslaught final month.