.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back coming from Russia, with AFP experiencing the group being greeted at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky did not clarify whether it was part of a substitution along with Russia, as is generally the case, however AFP writers had previously viewed Russian prisoners of war being actually filled onto a bus near the border.It would certainly be the 2nd substitution in between the warring countries since Kyiv's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky mentioned civilians were likewise amongst the returnees, consisting of a "female that was hijacked when she related to take care of her sick daddy.".He stated the substitution also included boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, and also soldiers, boundary protectors as well as policemans.AFP spoke to 2 females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and also getting florals, who claimed they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm eventually home, I can not feel it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Guard, claimed.Another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on hoods hiding their faces, which were actually gotten rid of as they were filled right into a minivan.AFP contacted a number of them quickly, and all those who communicated claimed they were captured during the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught last month.