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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 made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Friday, 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. | 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 him 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 was 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 prince took part in a panel discussion at Kyiv's National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War - where he advised those leaving military service that there is "light at the end of the tunnel". | |
| "You will feel lost at times, like you lack purpose," said Harry, who spent 10 years in the British army. | |
| "Don't stay silent. Silence will hold you in the dark. | |
| "Open up to your friends and family, because in doing so you give them permission to do the same." | |
| The duke met Ukrainian veterans, including Vasyl (left), during his first visit to Kyiv since the war began | |
| Among the people Harry met during the trip was war veteran Vasyl Tamulis, who told the Reuters news agency: "My main goal was to get a photograph with him because not many people have a photograph with [a] prince." | |
| "Being selected for Invictus Games unites people and motivates because it is a very difficult selection process," he added, referring to the international multi-sport competition Harry set up for injured and sick military service personnel - both serving and veterans. | "Being selected for Invictus Games unites people and motivates because it is a very difficult selection process," he added, referring to the international multi-sport competition Harry set up for injured and sick military service personnel - both serving and veterans. |
| The duke also met privately with Ukraine's Minister for Veteran Affairs Natalia Kalmykova and attended a fundraising lunch in support of the Superhumans Centre in Lviv. | |
| Ahead of the trip, 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." |
| Yvette Cooper met with Ukrainian officials, including the president, on Friday | |
| The paper reported that Harry was joined by a team from his Invictus Games Foundation, which he launched in 2014. | |
| 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 came 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 came after he met his father King Charles in London on Wednesday, their first face-to-face meeting since February 2024. | |
| 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. |