.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back from Russia, along with AFP witnessing the group being actually welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out not clear up whether it was part of a substitution along with Russia, as is generally the situation, but AFP reporters had previously observed Russian prisoners of war being loaded onto a bus near the edge.It will be actually the 2nd swap in between the challenging nations since Kyiv's surprise incursion right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky said civilians were actually additionally amongst the returnees, including a "gal who was actually taken hostage when she concerned take care of her unwell father.".He pointed out the swap additionally consisted of fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, along with soldiers, boundary protections and law enforcement agents.AFP talked to 2 women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and acquiring blooms, that mentioned they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually eventually home, I can not think it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed automobile of Ukraine's National Protector, claimed.Yet another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing bonnets hiding their skins, which were actually removed as they were actually loaded in to a minivan.AFP spoke to a number of them briefly, plus all those who communicated mentioned they were actually captured during Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught final month.