Prince Harry embarks on unexpected visit to Ukraine
Prince Harry recently made a clandestine visit to Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, with the announcement coming only after his departure from the country. As the Duke of Sussex, he is the second member of the British royal family to visit Ukraine...
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Prince Harry recently made a clandestine visit to Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, with the announcement coming only after his departure from the country.
As the Duke of Sussex, he is the second member of the British royal family to visit Ukraine since the conflict intensified between Moscow and Kyiv in February 2022. The year prior, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, had traveled to the nation.
Harry arrived in Lviv on Thursday in his capacity as the founder of the Invictus Games Foundation, which has organized sporting events for wounded veterans since 2014.
During his time in Ukraine, he toured the Superhumans Center, a rehabilitation facility for wounded troops, where he spoke with patients and medical staff, and even observed a surgical procedure intended to restore hearing for an injured serviceman.
“This is my first visit to Ukraine and it certainly will not be the last,” Harry declared in a video shared by the Superhumans Center on its Facebook page. He further noted that the Invictus Games Foundation would continue to support the Ukrainian team “as long as needed.”
Rob Owen, CEO of the Invictus Games Foundation, remarked that Ukraine has been “a vital part” of the foundation since it began competing in the Invictus Games in Toronto in 2017.
Owen emphasized that Harry’s visit to Lviv “underscores the Invictus Games Foundation’s broader commitment to supporting recovery and rehabilitation for wounded, injured, and sick service personnel and veterans, even in the most challenging environments.”
Living in California, the Duke of Sussex flew to Ukraine after attending a two-day hearing in London aimed at restoring state-funded security for him and his family—protection that was revoked following Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s announcement in 2020 about stepping back from royal duties. In court, he asserted that he required protection in the UK due to the “risk to his life.”
In 2023, Harry and Meghan were seen at one of the Invictus Games events alongside Yulia ‘Taira’ Paevskaya, a former member of Ukraine's Azov neo-Nazi volunteer battalion. Moscow has labeled Paevskaya as “a terrorist cutthroat whose hands are covered in the blood of the elderly, women, and children,” accusing her of involvement in atrocities during the conflict in the Donbass region, which began when Ukrainian forces were deployed in 2014 following a West-backed coup in Kyiv.
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As the Duke of Sussex, he is the second member of the British royal family to visit Ukraine since the conflict intensified between Moscow and Kyiv in February 2022. The year prior, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, had traveled to the nation.
Harry arrived in Lviv on Thursday in his capacity as the founder of the Invictus Games Foundation, which has organized sporting events for wounded veterans since 2014.
During his time in Ukraine, he toured the Superhumans Center, a rehabilitation facility for wounded troops, where he spoke with patients and medical staff, and even observed a surgical procedure intended to restore hearing for an injured serviceman.
“This is my first visit to Ukraine and it certainly will not be the last,” Harry declared in a video shared by the Superhumans Center on its Facebook page. He further noted that the Invictus Games Foundation would continue to support the Ukrainian team “as long as needed.”
Rob Owen, CEO of the Invictus Games Foundation, remarked that Ukraine has been “a vital part” of the foundation since it began competing in the Invictus Games in Toronto in 2017.
Owen emphasized that Harry’s visit to Lviv “underscores the Invictus Games Foundation’s broader commitment to supporting recovery and rehabilitation for wounded, injured, and sick service personnel and veterans, even in the most challenging environments.”
Living in California, the Duke of Sussex flew to Ukraine after attending a two-day hearing in London aimed at restoring state-funded security for him and his family—protection that was revoked following Harry and his wife Meghan Markle’s announcement in 2020 about stepping back from royal duties. In court, he asserted that he required protection in the UK due to the “risk to his life.”
In 2023, Harry and Meghan were seen at one of the Invictus Games events alongside Yulia ‘Taira’ Paevskaya, a former member of Ukraine's Azov neo-Nazi volunteer battalion. Moscow has labeled Paevskaya as “a terrorist cutthroat whose hands are covered in the blood of the elderly, women, and children,” accusing her of involvement in atrocities during the conflict in the Donbass region, which began when Ukrainian forces were deployed in 2014 following a West-backed coup in Kyiv.
Aarav Patel for TROIB News
