Prince Harry makes unannounced visit to Kyiv, meets Ukrainian veterans

The Guardian reported the information.

In Kyiv, Prince Harry visited the National Museum of Ukraine in World War II, where he met with Ukrainian veterans.

During a nighttime train journey through Ukraine, he stated that, despite being unable to stop the war, he aims to support the recovery process.

“We can continue to humanise the people involved in this war and what they are going through. We have to keep it in the forefront of people’s minds. I hope this trip will help to bring it home to people because it’s easy to become desensitised to what has been going on,” said the Duke of Sussex.

Prince Harry received the invitation to visit the Ukrainian capital from Olha Rudnieva, founder and director of the Lviv-based Superhumans Center, which specializes in helping people with amputations. The Duke had already visited the center in April and had met Rudnieva by chance a few months ago in New York.

“I asked how I could help. She said the greatest impact would be if you come to Kyiv,” Prince Harry said.

The visit program includes a tour of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War and a meeting with veterans — around 200 participants are invited. Harry also plans to meet with Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko.

Ukrzaliznytsia also noted that the Duke of Sussex arrived in Kyiv to personally see the consequences of the destruction caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion, as well as to meet with Ukrainian veterans and senior officials.

This is already the second visit of a member of the British royal family to Ukraine. In April this year, Prince Harry, together with his wife Meghan, visited Lviv, where they went to a rehabilitation center for civilian medics and wounded soldiers.

During the visit, he intends to present new initiatives aimed at supporting and restoring those affected by the war.

• On Friday, September 12, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski arrived in Ukraine on a working visit.