Campers hang out before closing campfire, Thursday, June 20, 2024, at YMCA Camp Kern in Oregonia, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Medical workers move an injured Ukrainian soldier on a stretcher after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)An Ukrainian soldier hugs with women after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
An Ukrainian soldier hugs with women after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)People show photos of their missed relatives to Ukrainian soldiers during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)People show photos of their missed relatives to Ukrainian soldiers during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A woman cries during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)A woman cries during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Ukrainian soldier speaks by a phone to his relative after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Ukrainian soldier speaks by a phone to his relative after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)And while he is reluctant to talk politics, Shem Tov worries Israel’s
puts the remaining hostages in danger.“Every soldier for me is a hero,” he said. “But there is a big but. For me and the hostages, it’s difficult for us while the army is in the area. Places near us are being bombed. I support the army but we have to get them out.”
“If you keep on going with the military pressure, there is a big chance they will be killed.”CHERNIHIV REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange Friday, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that