.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been come back coming from Russia, with AFP watching the team being greeted at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky did not clarify whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is often the situation, but AFP journalists had actually earlier observed Russian hostages being actually packed onto a bus near the edge.It would be the 2nd swap between the challenging countries since Kyiv's unpleasant surprise incursion in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky stated civilians were actually additionally one of the returnees, consisting of a "gal that was taken hostage when she related to deal with her sick dad.".He mentioned the exchange likewise featured fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, in addition to soldiers, perimeter guards and also policemans.AFP contacted 2 ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and also acquiring flowers, that mentioned they were at the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can not believe it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Shield, mentioned.One more female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods concealing their faces, which were actually gotten rid of as they were actually packed right into a minivan.AFP spoke with a number of them temporarily, plus all those that communicated said they were actually taken captive during the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression final month.