LONDON
\nBritain\u2019s Prince Harry has arrived in Ukraine for a surprise visit in support of wounded service members.
\nHarry\u2019s representatives confirmed they were in the capital, Kyiv, on Friday, though they declined to discuss the prince\u2019s schedule for security reasons.
\nThis is the second time Harry has visited Ukraine since the start of Russia\u2019s full scale invasion in 2022. He made a trip to the western city of Lviv in April.
\n\u201cWe cannot stop the war but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process,\u201d Harry told the Guardian newspaper while on an overnight train to Kyiv.
\nHarry, a British Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, is the founder of the Invictus Games, a Paralympic-style event designed to inspire military veterans around the world as they work to overcome battlefield injuries. Ukraine is bidding to host the games in 2029.
\nThe Archewell foundation set up by Harry and his wife Meghan announced this week that it had donated $500,000 to projects supporting injured children from Gaza and Ukraine. The money will be used to help the World Health Organization with medical evacuations and to fund work developing prosthetics for seriously injured young people.
\nThe Guardian said that Harry will visit the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, spend time with 200 veterans and meet Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
\nHis visit coincided with a trip to Ukraine by British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who announced a new set of UK sanctions targeting Russia\u2019s oil revenues and military supplies.
\nCooper said the visit is a show of solidarity with Ukrainians facing intensified assault from Russia \u2013 including 6,500 drones and missiles in July, 10 times the level of a year ago.
\nHarry\u2019s appearance in Ukraine follows a four-day trip to the UK, where he met his father, King Charles III, for the first time in 19 months. The meeting was seen as a first step in repairing frigid relations between Harry and other members of the royal family, which deteriorated after he and his wife, the former Meghan Markle, gave up royal duties and moved to California in 2020.
\nHarry and his father last met in February 2024, when the prince flew to London after receiving news that Charles had been diagnosed with cancer. Harry spent about 45 minutes with Charles before the king flew to his Sandringham country estate to recuperate from his treatment.
\nPrince Harry\u2019s last trip to Ukraine included a visit to the Superhumans Center, an orthopedic clinic in Lviv that treats wounded military personnel and civilians. The center provides prosthetic limbs, reconstructive surgery and psychological help free of charge.
\nHarry\u2019s visit Friday come as Russia escalates its war against Ukraine.
\nIt is less than a week after Russia\u2019s largest aerial attack on Ukraine since its all-out invasion began more than three years ago \u2013 an attack in which the main Ukrainian government building was hit. It also comes just days after numerous Russian drones entered the airspace of NATO member Poland \u2013 the country Harry traveled through to reach Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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