Prince Harry meets war victims in unannounced visit to Ukraine

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Prince Harry meets war victims in unannounced visit to Ukraine

Prince Harry waves as he leaves the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

2025-04-10T19:18:38Z

                                       

LONDON (AP) —         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/prince-harry">Prince Harry met with war victims on Thursday in an unannounced visit to Ukraine as part of his ongoing work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson said.

Harry visited the Superhumans Center, an orthopedic clinic in Lviv that treats and rehabilitates wounded military personnel and civilians, to see top-notch services provided in a country in the midst of war. The center provides prosthetics, reconstructive surgery and psychological help free of charge.

The Duke of Sussex, who served 10 years in the British Army, has made helping injured soldiers one of his most prominent causes. He founded         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://www.invictusgamesfoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Invictus Games in 2014 to offer wounded veterans the challenge of competing in sports events similar to the Paralympics.

Harry was accompanied by a contingent from the Invictus Games Foundation, including four veterans who have been through similar rehabilitation experiences.

   

The visit to the area in western Ukraine that has frequently been targeted with Russian missiles was not announced until after he was out of the country.

He traveled to Ukraine after spending two days in a London court where he is appealing the British government’s decision to strip him of his government-funded protection after he quit working as a member of the royal family in 2020 and moved his family to California.

   
       




   

The prince is no stranger to war, having served two tours in Afghanistan, where he flew missions as an Apache helicopter copilot gunner.

   
   
       
           
               
   
   


   
   

       
   

           
       
   
   

Harry, 40, the younger son of         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/king-charles-iii">King Charles III, is the second member of the royal family to visit Ukraine. His aunt, Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, became the first British royal to travel to the country since         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine">Russia’s 2022 invasion when she made an unannounced visit to Kyiv last year.

The royal family has been outspoken in their support for Ukraine. King Charles warmly greeted President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of support at his estate on the North Sea coast just two days after his extraordinary dressing down by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

Harry’s older brother, Prince William, met with Ukrainian refugees during a two day visit to Estonia last month.

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