.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back from Russia, along with AFP seeing the group being greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not clear up whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is generally the scenario, however AFP reporters had actually earlier viewed Russian hostages being filled onto a bus near the edge.It will be actually the second swap between the warring nations since Kyiv’s shock attack into Russia’s Kursk location.Zelensky mentioned private citizens were actually also among the returnees, consisting of a “lady who was actually taken hostage when she involved handle her unwell father.”.He pointed out the swap also featured fighters from Mariupol’s 2022 Azovstal struggle, as well as soldiers, boundary protections and also law enforcement agents.AFP spoke with two females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and receiving florals, who claimed they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022.” I am actually lastly home, I can’t feel it,” stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped automobile of Ukraine’s National Shield, said.Another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was a paramedic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing hoods hiding their faces, which were gotten rid of as they were actually packed in to a minivan.AFP spoke to several of all of them briefly, and all those who spoke mentioned they were actually captured during Ukraine’s shock Kursk onslaught last month.