.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been come back from Russia, with AFP observing the group being greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky did not make clear whether it belonged to a swap along with Russia, as is actually commonly the case, yet AFP journalists had actually previously found Russian hostages being actually loaded onto a bus near the edge.It will be the second swap in between the challenging nations considering that Kyiv's shock attack into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky said civilians were likewise one of the returnees, featuring a "girl that was actually taken hostage when she pertained to take care of her sick father.".He said the swap additionally included competitors from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, as well as soldiers, border protectors and also law enforcement officers.AFP talked to pair of females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and also obtaining florals, who claimed they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can't feel it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Protector, stated.An additional lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets concealing their faces, which were removed as they were packed into a minivan.AFP contacted several of them quickly, and all those who communicated stated they were actually captured throughout Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive final month.