.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back coming from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the team being greeted at the perimeter along with Belarus.Zelensky did certainly not make clear whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is often the scenario, yet AFP writers had earlier found Russian prisoners of war being packed onto a bus near the borderline.It will be the 2nd exchange between the warring nations since Kyiv's surprise incursion in to Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky mentioned civilians were actually likewise one of the returnees, consisting of a "female that was actually taken hostage when she came to take care of her sick papa.".He said the substitution also consisted of fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, along with soldiers, border protectors and also law enforcement agents.AFP spoke with 2 girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as obtaining flowers, that said they were at the Azovstal vegetation that was up to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually lastly home, I can not believe it," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed lorry of Ukraine's National Guard, mentioned.One more female, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that defended Azovstal.Earlier, AFP saw the Ukrainian armed forces steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually putting on hoods hiding their faces, which were removed as they were actually packed in to a minivan.AFP talked with a few of them briefly, and all those who spoke claimed they were taken captive during the course of Ukraine's surprise Kursk aggression last month.