.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back from Russia, with AFP witnessing the team being actually greeted at the boundary with Belarus.Zelensky did not make clear whether it was part of a swap with Russia, as is often the case, but AFP journalists had previously observed Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the border.It would be actually the 2nd substitution between the challenging countries due to the fact that Kyiv's surprise attack right into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky said private citizens were also amongst the returnees, featuring a "girl who was taken hostage when she related to handle her unwell papa.".He pointed out the exchange additionally included boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal struggle, along with soldiers, perimeter protectors as well as polices.AFP spoke with pair of females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners as well as receiving blooms, that mentioned they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can't think it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped auto of Ukraine's National Guard, mentioned.Yet another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Previously, AFP viewed the Ukrainian armed forces driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing hoods concealing their faces, which were taken out as they were actually filled in to a minivan.AFP contacted a number of them briefly, and all those who spoke mentioned they were taken captive during the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught last month.