.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been come back from Russia, with AFP watching the team being greeted at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky performed not make clear whether it was part of an exchange with Russia, as is actually normally the instance, but AFP reporters had actually previously observed Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the edge.It would be actually the second swap between the challenging countries considering that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky mentioned civilians were actually additionally among the returnees, consisting of a "woman who was actually hijacked when she related to look after her sick dad.".He pointed out the exchange additionally consisted of boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, and also soldiers, boundary shields and polices.AFP spoke to pair of girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags and acquiring blooms, who claimed they went to the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can not believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Protector, mentioned.An additional lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, said she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP found the Ukrainian armed forces steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods concealing their faces, which were removed as they were actually packed in to a minivan.AFP talked to some of all of them briefly, and all those that talked stated they were actually captured in the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught final month.