.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 greeted at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not make clear whether it belonged to an exchange along with Russia, as is actually usually the situation, however AFP writers had previously viewed Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the borderline.It will be actually the second exchange in between the challenging nations since Kyiv's surprise incursion right into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky stated private citizens were actually also amongst the returnees, featuring a "woman who was taken hostage when she concerned care for her sick daddy.".He stated the swap likewise included competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, in addition to soldiers, perimeter guards and law enforcement officers.AFP spoke to pair of girls in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and also getting blooms, that said they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can not believe it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Shield, stated.Yet another lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP saw the Ukrainian army steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing hoods concealing their faces, which were removed as they were packed in to a minivan.AFP spoke to a number of them briefly, and all those that spoke said they were taken captive in the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk offensive final month.