.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been returned from Russia, with AFP watching the group being actually welcomed at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky carried out not clarify whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is actually commonly the situation, but AFP journalists had earlier seen Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the borderline.It would be the 2nd swap between the challenging nations considering that Kyiv's shock incursion in to Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky stated private citizens were actually also amongst the returnees, consisting of a "girl that was actually hijacked when she concerned deal with her sick dad.".He mentioned the exchange likewise featured competitors from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, as well as soldiers, border guards and policemans.AFP talked with 2 women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and obtaining blooms, that mentioned they were at the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can not believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped vehicle of Ukraine's National Shield, mentioned.Another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP saw the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were using bonnets concealing their skins, which were actually gotten rid of as they were actually packed right into a minivan.AFP talked with a few of them quickly, plus all those who communicated claimed they were actually taken captive during the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk aggression final month.