.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the team being welcomed at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clarify whether it was part of an exchange with Russia, as is actually generally the instance, but AFP reporters had actually previously viewed Russian prisoners of war being actually loaded onto a bus near the border.It would certainly be the second swap between the challenging nations due to the fact that Kyiv's shock incursion in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky pointed out private citizens were additionally among the returnees, including a "woman that was actually taken hostage when she related to look after her ill dad.".He said the swap likewise featured competitors from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, along with soldiers, border protections as well as policemans.AFP spoke with two women in their 20s covered in Ukrainian banners and getting blossoms, who stated they went to the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can't believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped motor vehicle of Ukraine's National Shield, claimed.An additional woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on hoods hiding their faces, which were gotten rid of as they were actually filled into a minivan.AFP spoke with several of all of them for a while, plus all those that spoke mentioned they were captured during Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk aggression last month.