.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been returned coming from Russia, along with AFP observing the team being greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clarify whether it belonged to an exchange with Russia, as is actually commonly the instance, however AFP writers had actually previously observed Russian hostages being packed onto a bus near the border.It would be the 2nd swap in between the warring countries due to the fact that Kyiv's shock incursion into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky claimed civilians were likewise among the returnees, including a "lady that was actually taken hostage when she involved take care of her ill dad.".He pointed out the swap likewise consisted of fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, as well as soldiers, perimeter protectors as well as police officers.AFP spoke with pair of females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags as well as obtaining florals, that mentioned they went to the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can not feel it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Guard, said.An additional woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were using bonnets concealing their skins, which were eliminated as they were actually packed right into a minivan.AFP talked to a few of them for a while, plus all those that communicated said they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's surprise Kursk offensive final month.