.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP seeing the group being actually greeted at the border with Belarus.Zelensky carried out certainly not clear up whether it belonged to a swap with Russia, as is generally the instance, however AFP reporters had actually previously viewed Russian prisoners of war being loaded onto a bus near the border.It would certainly be the 2nd exchange in between the challenging countries given that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out civilians were likewise among the returnees, featuring a "female that was taken hostage when she concerned take care of her ill dad.".He pointed out the swap likewise featured competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, in addition to soldiers, perimeter shields and law enforcement officers.AFP spoke with 2 girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags and also getting blooms, who mentioned they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm lastly home, I can't think it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed automobile of Ukraine's National Protector, claimed.An additional woman, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was a medic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP viewed the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets hiding their skins, which were gotten rid of as they were filled in to a minivan.AFP contacted a number of all of them briefly, and all those who talked stated they were actually taken captive in the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk onslaught last month.