.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been come back from Russia, with AFP watching the team being welcomed at the border with Belarus.Zelensky carried out not make clear whether it was part of a swap along with Russia, as is actually generally the case, yet AFP journalists had previously seen Russian prisoners of war being actually filled onto a bus near the borderline.It would certainly be the second exchange in between the challenging countries due to the fact that Kyiv's unpleasant surprise attack in to Russia's Kursk location.Zelensky claimed civilians were likewise one of the returnees, including a "female that was taken hostage when she pertained to care for her sick father.".He stated the substitution additionally included competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal war, and also soldiers, boundary shields as well as law enforcement officers.AFP contacted 2 females in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and also getting blooms, 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," said 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an armed motor vehicle of Ukraine's National Protector, stated.Another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a paramedic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually putting on bonnets hiding their faces, which were cleared away as they were actually filled right into a minivan.AFP spoke to several of all of them for a while, and all those who talked stated they were actually taken captive throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk offensive last month.