.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back from Russia, with AFP seeing the group being actually greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clarify whether it was part of an exchange with Russia, as is actually often the scenario, but AFP reporters had actually earlier observed Russian hostages being packed onto a bus near the perimeter.It would be the second swap between the challenging nations since Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky said civilians were also among the returnees, including a "lady that was actually hijacked when she concerned take care of her unwell dad.".He mentioned the swap also consisted of boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, and also soldiers, perimeter protectors as well as police officers.AFP spoke to two women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags as well as obtaining flowers, that said they went to the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can not think it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Shield, mentioned.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian armed forces steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing hoods concealing their faces, which were eliminated as they were loaded into a minivan.AFP spoke with some of them briefly, plus all those that communicated said they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught last month.