.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back coming from Russia, with AFP seeing the group being welcomed at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky performed not make clear whether it was part of a swap along with Russia, as is actually commonly the instance, but AFP journalists had previously observed Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the perimeter.It would certainly be the 2nd substitution between the warring nations because Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky mentioned civilians were likewise amongst the returnees, including a "female that was actually taken hostage when she related to care for her unwell daddy.".He claimed the swap likewise included boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, as well as soldiers, perimeter guards as well as law enforcement officers.AFP spoke with 2 women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and also acquiring florals, who mentioned they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can not feel it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Shield, claimed.Another lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP found the Ukrainian armed forces steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on hoods hiding their faces, which were actually taken out as they were actually loaded right into a minivan.AFP spoke to a few of them for a while, and all those that spoke claimed they were actually captured in the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught final month.