.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been returned coming from Russia, with AFP watching the group being greeted at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not make clear whether it was part of a swap along with Russia, as is commonly the scenario, but AFP reporters had earlier viewed Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the borderline.It would certainly be actually the second substitution between the challenging countries because Kyiv's unpleasant surprise incursion right into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky said civilians were actually also among the returnees, consisting of a "female that was actually taken hostage when she pertained to handle her unwell papa.".He claimed the swap additionally included boxers coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, and also soldiers, boundary shields and law enforcement agents.AFP contacted two females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags as well as acquiring florals, that claimed they were at the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can not believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped vehicle of Ukraine's National Guard, mentioned.An additional lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods concealing their skins, which were actually gotten rid of as they were actually filled right into a minivan.AFP talked with several of all of them briefly, and all those who spoke mentioned they were captured throughout Ukraine's shock Kursk offensive final month.