.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back coming from Russia, along with AFP seeing the team being welcomed at the border along with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not make clear whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is actually typically the situation, however AFP reporters had actually previously observed Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the border.It would certainly be actually the second swap between the challenging nations because Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky claimed civilians were actually likewise amongst the returnees, consisting of a "girl who was actually taken hostage when she related to handle her unwell daddy.".He mentioned the substitution likewise featured boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, as well as soldiers, border protections and also law enforcement agents.AFP contacted pair of girls in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and also obtaining florals, that mentioned they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can not believe it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Shield, pointed out.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP found the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods hiding their faces, which were actually cleared away as they were packed right into a minivan.AFP spoke to some of all of them briefly, and all those that communicated stated they were actually taken captive during the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression final month.