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| Prince Harry visits Ukraine to support those injured in war | Prince Harry visits Ukraine to support those injured in war |
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| Watch: Prince Harry welcomed to Kyiv after arriving by train | Watch: Prince Harry welcomed to Kyiv after arriving by train |
| Prince Harry has made a surprise visit to Kyiv, after an invitation by an organisation that supports Ukrainians with life-changing injuries caused by the war. | Prince Harry has made a surprise visit to Kyiv, after an invitation by an organisation that supports Ukrainians with life-changing injuries caused by the war. |
| The Duke of Sussex arrived by train and said he wanted to do "everything possible" to help the recovery of injured military personnel. | |
| Superhumans, which helps provide those injured with prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation, told the BBC that it invited Prince Harry to Ukraine. | Superhumans, which helps provide those injured with prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation, told the BBC that it invited Prince Harry to Ukraine. |
| Founder Olha Rudnieva greeted the prince off the train with a hug, a video released by Ukrainian Railways showed. | Founder Olha Rudnieva greeted the prince off the train with a hug, a video released by Ukrainian Railways showed. |
| She handed the prince a podstakannik – a silver holder for a glass used to drink tea, traditionally provided on night trains across Ukraine. | She handed the prince a podstakannik – a silver holder for a glass used to drink tea, traditionally provided on night trains across Ukraine. |
| Harry visited a centre run by the organisation in Lviv in April, but this is his first visit to the capital. | Harry visited a centre run by the organisation in Lviv in April, but this is his first visit to the capital. |
| There are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians with amputations as a result of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine – numbers vary, as Ukraine doesn't give precise statistics on military casualties. | There are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians with amputations as a result of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine – numbers vary, as Ukraine doesn't give precise statistics on military casualties. |
| The duke met Ukrainian veterans at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War | |
| UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper was also in Kyiv on Friday, where she announced a further £142 million in UK aid to support Ukraine's energy infrastructure and vulnerable communities, while 100 new sanctions will aim to further hit Russia's economy and military supplies. | |
| During the visit, Cooper met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and foreign minister Andrii Sybiha. | |
| The UK foreign office said that the visit reaffirms the UK's support for Ukraine. | |
| Yvette Cooper met with Ukrainian officials, including the president, on Friday | |
| Ahead of Friday's visit, Prince Harry told the Guardian: "We cannot stop the war but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process." | |
| "We can continue to humanise the people involved in this war and what they are going through." | "We can continue to humanise the people involved in this war and what they are going through." |
| The paper reports Prince Harry is joined by a team from his Invictus Games Foundation - which he launched in 2014 for wounded veterans to compete in sports events. | The paper reports Prince Harry is joined by a team from his Invictus Games Foundation - which he launched in 2014 for wounded veterans to compete in sports events. |
| A team from Ukraine was given special permission to compete in the games by President Zelensky in 2022, just months after the war began. | A team from Ukraine was given special permission to compete in the games by President Zelensky in 2022, just months after the war began. |
| During the opening ceremony, the prince said the world was "united" with the country. | During the opening ceremony, the prince said the world was "united" with the country. |
| His visit to Kyiv comes after the Sussex's charitable foundation Archewell said on Wednesday that it had donated $500,000 (£369,000) to projects supporting injured children from Ukraine and Gaza. | |
| It said the grants would be used to help the World Health Organization with medical evacuations, and to fund work developing prosthetics for young people. | It said the grants would be used to help the World Health Organization with medical evacuations, and to fund work developing prosthetics for young people. |
| Other members of the Royal Family have expressed support for Ukraine since the start of the war more than three years ago. | Other members of the Royal Family have expressed support for Ukraine since the start of the war more than three years ago. |
| The King welcomed Zelensky to his Sandringham estate in Norfolk in March, having previously said the country had faced "indescribable aggression" from Russia. | The King welcomed Zelensky to his Sandringham estate in Norfolk in March, having previously said the country had faced "indescribable aggression" from Russia. |
| The Prince of Wales, Harry's brother, met Ukrainian refugees during a two-day visit to Estonia in March - where he said their resilience was "amazing". | The Prince of Wales, Harry's brother, met Ukrainian refugees during a two-day visit to Estonia in March - where he said their resilience was "amazing". |
| His trip to Ukraine comes after he met his father King Charles in London on Wednesday, their first face-to-face meeting since February 2024. | His trip to Ukraine comes after he met his father King Charles in London on Wednesday, their first face-to-face meeting since February 2024. |