KYIV, Ukraine, Sept 13, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian prisoners of war had been
returned to their country from Russia, publishing photographs of the men and
women wrapped in Ukrainian flags.

"Forty-nine Ukrainians are home," Zelensky said on social media. "These are
soldiers of the armed forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the national
police, the state border guard service, as well as our civilians," Zelensky
said, adding that it included fighters from Mariupol's 2022 Azvostal battle.