.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back from Russia, with AFP watching the group being greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not make clear whether it was part of a swap with Russia, as is actually often the situation, however AFP reporters had previously viewed Russian hostages being actually loaded onto a bus near the borderline.It would be actually the second exchange in between the challenging countries because Kyiv's surprise incursion in to Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky claimed civilians were likewise amongst the returnees, consisting of a "woman that was taken hostage when she involved look after her sick dad.".He mentioned the exchange likewise consisted of fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, in addition to soldiers, perimeter shields and also police officers.AFP talked with two females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and obtaining flowers, that mentioned they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can't feel it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Protection, mentioned.Yet another lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing bonnets hiding their skins, which were eliminated as they were actually packed right into a minivan.AFP spoke to a few of all of them temporarily, plus all those who talked claimed they were captured during Ukraine's shock Kursk offensive final month.