.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP witnessing the group being actually welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not clear up whether it belonged to a swap with Russia, as is often the instance, however AFP journalists had earlier found Russian hostages being packed onto a bus near the borderline.It would certainly be actually the second exchange between the warring nations due to the fact that Kyiv's shock attack into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky stated civilians were additionally one of the returnees, consisting of a "woman that was hijacked when she came to look after her unwell papa.".He stated the exchange likewise included boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, as well as soldiers, perimeter guards and law enforcement officers.AFP talked to pair of girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and also receiving flowers, that stated they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can't think it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped vehicle of Ukraine's National Guard, pointed out.Another woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP found the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing bonnets hiding their skins, which were actually taken out as they were packed right into a minivan.AFP contacted a number of them for a while, plus all those who spoke said they were taken captive during Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk aggression last month.