.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back from Russia, with AFP watching the team being welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clarify whether it belonged to a swap along with Russia, as is normally the instance, however AFP writers had actually earlier observed Russian hostages being actually packed onto a bus near the perimeter.It will be the 2nd swap between the warring nations since Kyiv's unpleasant surprise incursion in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky said civilians were actually additionally amongst the returnees, including a "lady who was hijacked when she related to take care of her sick papa.".He said the substitution likewise included fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, in addition to soldiers, boundary protectors and law enforcement agents.AFP spoke with two ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as receiving florals, who claimed they went to the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can't feel it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Guard, said.An additional lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP saw the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets hiding their skins, which were taken out as they were packed into a minivan.AFP spoke to some of all of them quickly, and all those who spoke stated they were actually captured throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught last month.