.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky introduced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been returned from Russia, along with AFP witnessing the group being greeted at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky did not make clear whether it was part of an exchange along with Russia, as is actually commonly the instance, but AFP reporters had actually earlier seen Russian prisoners of war being packed onto a bus near the edge.It would certainly be the second swap between the challenging nations since Kyiv's unpleasant surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky said civilians were also one of the returnees, including a "girl who was actually hijacked when she concerned take care of her unwell dad.".He claimed the substitution also featured fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, and also soldiers, boundary protectors and law enforcement officers.AFP contacted pair of women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and also getting flowers, that mentioned they were at the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can't believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Protector, pointed out.An additional female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, claimed she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets hiding their faces, which were gotten rid of as they were packed into a minivan.AFP talked to a number of them briefly, and all those that talked said they were actually taken captive in the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression last month.