.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been actually come back coming from Russia, with AFP witnessing the team being greeted at the border with Belarus.Zelensky performed not clear up whether it belonged to a swap along with Russia, as is actually commonly the scenario, however AFP journalists had earlier viewed Russian prisoners of war being actually loaded onto a bus near the borderline.It would be actually the 2nd swap in between the warring countries due to the fact that Kyiv's surprise attack into Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky said civilians were actually likewise one of the returnees, including a "gal who was taken hostage when she related to take care of her sick father.".He said the exchange additionally featured boxers from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, in addition to soldiers, perimeter protectors and polices.AFP talked to 2 girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian flags and also obtaining blossoms, who claimed they were at the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can not feel it," pointed out 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed vehicle of Ukraine's National Protector, said.Yet another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, mentioned she was actually a paramedic at the Azov brigade that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP saw the Ukrainian military steering Russian POWs in a bus, some were wearing hoods concealing their skins, which were actually eliminated as they were filled into a minivan.AFP talked with a number of them temporarily, and all those that spoke claimed they were taken captive in the course of Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive final month.