.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back from Russia, with AFP seeing the group being greeted at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not clarify whether it was part of a swap along with Russia, as is actually generally the situation, but AFP writers had previously seen Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the edge.It would certainly be the 2nd swap between the warring nations due to the fact that Kyiv's shock incursion into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky stated civilians were likewise one of the returnees, including a "woman that was hijacked when she concerned handle her sick daddy.".He mentioned the exchange additionally featured competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, and also soldiers, border protections as well as policemans.AFP spoke to 2 ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and also receiving blooms, that said they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm ultimately home, I can not believe it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped vehicle of Ukraine's National Protector, claimed.Another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP saw the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using hoods concealing their skins, which were gotten rid of as they were actually packed into a minivan.AFP talked to several of all of them briefly, plus all those who talked claimed they were taken captive during Ukraine's shock Kursk aggression last month.