.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had been come back from Russia, along with AFP experiencing the group being actually greeted at the boundary along with Belarus.Zelensky did not clarify whether it became part of a swap with Russia, as is actually normally the case, yet AFP writers had actually earlier seen Russian prisoners of war being filled onto a bus near the edge.It would be the 2nd swap in between the warring nations since Kyiv's shock incursion right into Russia's Kursk area.Zelensky stated civilians were additionally amongst the returnees, featuring a "lady that was hijacked when she came to care for her unwell dad.".He stated the swap also featured competitors coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal battle, along with soldiers, boundary guards and also police officers.AFP spoke to 2 girls in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners as well as obtaining blossoms, who said they were at the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I'm ultimately home, I can not believe it," stated 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped lorry of Ukraine's National Guard, pointed out.Another girl, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was actually a medic at the Azov brigade that defended Azovstal.Previously, AFP found the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were putting on bonnets concealing their skins, which were actually cleared away as they were filled in to a minivan.AFP spoke to a number of all of them briefly, plus all those who spoke said they were captured throughout Ukraine's unpleasant surprise Kursk offensive final month.