.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back coming from Russia, along with AFP watching the group being actually welcomed at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky did not clear up whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is actually usually the case, but AFP journalists had actually earlier viewed Russian hostages being actually filled onto a bus near the perimeter.It would be the 2nd exchange between the challenging nations considering that Kyiv's shock incursion right into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky stated private citizens were likewise amongst the returnees, including a "gal who was actually hijacked when she related to deal with her sick dad.".He said the swap likewise included competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, and also soldiers, border protections and law enforcement officers.AFP contacted two girls in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and getting blooms, that stated they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm ultimately home, I can't feel it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed motor vehicle of Ukraine's National Shield, claimed.Yet another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP found the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods concealing their faces, which were cleared away as they were packed right into a minivan.AFP contacted some of them briefly, plus all those who communicated said they were captured throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression final month.