.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the team being welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clarify whether it was part of a substitution with Russia, as is actually usually the scenario, however AFP writers had actually previously seen Russian prisoners of war being loaded onto a bus near the perimeter.It would be the 2nd swap in between the warring countries since Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack right into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky claimed private citizens were actually likewise among the returnees, featuring a "gal who was actually hijacked when she pertained to look after her ill daddy.".He claimed the substitution also featured fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, as well as soldiers, border guards and also polices.AFP spoke to 2 females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and also getting flowers, that claimed they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm finally home, I can't think it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Shield, mentioned.Another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods hiding their faces, which were actually gotten rid of as they were filled right into a minivan.AFP contacted a number of all of them for a while, plus all those that talked claimed they were captured in the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression last month.