.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back coming from Russia, along with AFP seeing the team being actually greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clarify whether it was part of a swap along with Russia, as is actually normally the instance, but AFP reporters had actually previously seen Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the edge.It would be the second swap between the warring countries because Kyiv's surprise incursion right into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky mentioned private citizens were actually also among the returnees, including a "woman that was hijacked when she pertained to deal with her unwell papa.".He mentioned the swap additionally featured boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, along with soldiers, perimeter guards and also polices.AFP spoke to 2 females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags and obtaining blooms, who stated they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can not believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped automobile of Ukraine's National Guard, stated.One more lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using bonnets hiding their faces, which were actually taken out as they were actually packed into a minivan.AFP talked with some of all of them for a while, plus all those who spoke claimed they were captured throughout Ukraine's shock Kursk onslaught final month.