.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been returned coming from Russia, with AFP observing the group being actually welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky did not make clear whether it became part of an exchange along with Russia, as is often the situation, but AFP writers had earlier observed Russian prisoners of war being loaded onto a bus near the borderline.It will be the 2nd swap between the warring countries given that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack in to Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky stated private citizens were additionally one of the returnees, consisting of a "girl who was actually hijacked when she concerned handle her sick papa.".He pointed out the substitution additionally featured boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, as well as soldiers, boundary protectors and law enforcement officers.AFP spoke to two ladies in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and acquiring blooms, who claimed they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm eventually home, I can not think it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed auto of Ukraine's National Protection, stated.Another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets hiding their skins, which were actually cleared away as they were loaded in to a minivan.AFP talked with a few of them quickly, plus all those that spoke mentioned they were taken captive during Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression last month.