.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned from Russia, with AFP watching the group being greeted at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not make clear whether it became part of a swap along with Russia, as is actually typically the case, yet AFP journalists had previously viewed Russian hostages being loaded onto a bus near the perimeter.It would be the 2nd swap in between the challenging countries considering that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky claimed civilians were also one of the returnees, consisting of a "female who was hijacked when she concerned handle her ill dad.".He claimed the exchange likewise consisted of fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, in addition to soldiers, border protectors and also police officers.AFP spoke with pair of women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and also getting blooms, who claimed they went to the Azovstal plant that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can not believe it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed auto of Ukraine's National Guard, mentioned.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was actually a paramedic 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 eliminated as they were loaded in to a minivan.AFP talked to some of them temporarily, plus all those who spoke mentioned they were actually taken captive during the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught last month.