.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually come back from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the team being greeted at the border with Belarus.Zelensky performed not make clear whether it belonged to a substitution with Russia, as is typically the situation, however AFP writers had actually previously found Russian prisoners of war being actually filled onto a bus near the border.It will be actually the 2nd swap in between the challenging nations considering that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack into Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky mentioned civilians were also one of the returnees, including a "lady that was hijacked when she concerned deal with her unwell dad.".He pointed out the exchange additionally included boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, along with soldiers, border guards as well as law enforcement agents.AFP spoke with pair of females in their 20s covered in Ukrainian flags and obtaining flowers, that mentioned they were at the Azovstal plant that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually finally home, I can not feel it," mentioned 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, commander of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Guard, claimed.Another female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP observed the Ukrainian armed forces steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually using bonnets concealing their faces, which were actually gotten rid of as they were loaded right into a minivan.AFP spoke with some of them for a while, plus all those who talked stated they were actually taken captive during the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught last month.