.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back from Russia, along with AFP seeing the group being actually welcomed at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky did not make clear whether it was part of a swap along with Russia, as is usually the situation, but AFP writers had actually earlier viewed Russian hostages being actually filled onto a bus near the border.It would be actually the 2nd swap in between the warring countries considering that Kyiv's shock incursion into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky mentioned civilians were actually also amongst the returnees, including a "gal who was actually hijacked when she came to handle her sick papa.".He pointed out the substitution also consisted of competitors from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, as well as soldiers, border shields and also policemans.AFP talked with 2 females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and also getting flowers, who stated they went to the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm ultimately home, I can't feel it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Protector, said.One more girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian military driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were using hoods concealing their faces, which were actually removed as they were actually loaded into a minivan.AFP talked with some of them briefly, and all those that spoke mentioned they were actually taken captive during Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught final month.