.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back coming from Russia, along with AFP observing the team being greeted at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out not clarify whether it became part of a swap along with Russia, as is normally the instance, yet AFP reporters had actually earlier observed Russian hostages being loaded onto a bus near the edge.It would certainly be the 2nd swap between the challenging nations because Kyiv's surprise attack into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky mentioned private citizens were likewise amongst the returnees, including a "female who was actually hijacked when she concerned take care of her ill dad.".He stated the substitution also featured boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, in addition to soldiers, boundary protectors and polices.AFP talked with two females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and acquiring florals, who said they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can't feel it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed motor vehicle of Ukraine's National Shield, said.An additional girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were using hoods concealing their skins, which were actually cleared away as they were actually loaded in to a minivan.AFP talked to some of all of them briefly, plus all those that spoke claimed they were captured during Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk aggression final month.