.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back from Russia, with AFP experiencing the team being welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clear up whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is actually normally the case, however AFP reporters had previously viewed Russian hostages being actually packed onto a bus near the border.It will be actually the 2nd swap between the challenging countries given that Kyiv's shock attack in to Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky mentioned private citizens were actually additionally among the returnees, including a "woman who was hijacked when she came to deal with her unwell dad.".He pointed out the substitution likewise consisted of fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, along with soldiers, perimeter protections as well as law enforcement agents.AFP spoke to pair of women in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags as well as getting florals, who mentioned they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can't feel it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed automobile of Ukraine's National Protector, claimed.One more woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing bonnets hiding their skins, which were cleared away as they were actually filled in to a minivan.AFP talked to a few of them for a while, plus all those who talked claimed they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's shock Kursk onslaught final month.