.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back from Russia, with AFP experiencing the group being greeted at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not make clear whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is commonly the situation, yet AFP journalists had earlier found Russian prisoners of war being actually filled onto a bus near the borderline.It will be the second substitution between the challenging nations because Kyiv's shock incursion in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky pointed out private citizens were likewise among the returnees, consisting of a "lady who was taken hostage when she concerned handle her sick dad.".He said the swap likewise consisted of competitors from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, in addition to soldiers, border protections and also police officers.AFP spoke to 2 women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and also acquiring blossoms, that said they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can't feel it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Shield, claimed.Yet another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP saw the Ukrainian armed forces steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were using bonnets hiding their faces, which were cleared away as they were packed right into a minivan.AFP spoke with a number of all of them temporarily, plus all those who talked claimed they were taken captive during Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught final month.