.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually returned coming from Russia, with AFP experiencing the group being actually welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky performed certainly not clear up whether it was part of a swap along with Russia, as is actually typically the situation, but AFP journalists had earlier observed Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the perimeter.It will be actually the second exchange between the warring nations considering that Kyiv's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky said private citizens were additionally amongst the returnees, featuring a "female that was actually hijacked when she related to take care of her unwell dad.".He said the exchange additionally included fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, as well as soldiers, boundary protections and also police officers.AFP spoke with two girls in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and obtaining blossoms, that mentioned they went to the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can't think it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Protector, mentioned.One more lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP found the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing bonnets concealing their faces, which were actually eliminated as they were packed in to a minivan.AFP talked to several of all of them temporarily, plus all those that talked claimed they were captured during the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive last month.