Prince Harry arrives in Kyiv to support wounded soldiers
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, has made a surprise visit to Kyiv at the invitation of the Ukrainian government, saying he wants to do all he can to help thousands of servicemen seriously wounded in the war against Russia recover, and is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, the British ezine The Guardian reported on Friday.
“We cannot stop the war but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process … 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,” he said in a comment to the publication on the night train to the capital of Ukraine,” he said in a comment to the publication on the night train to the capital of Ukraine.
The ezine illustrates the report with a photograph of him on the platform of the Kyiv railway station, where he greets the people who meet him.
“During the trip to the Ukrainian capital, he and a team from his Invictus Games Foundation are set to detail new initiatives to support the rehabilitation of the wounded, with the eventual aim of providing help to all areas of the country. Earlier this year it was estimated that the Ukraine war had already left 130,000 people with permanent disabilities – and the government has now put rehabilitation through sport at the heart of its policy for helping veterans,” the message reads.
The prince said he was initially invited to Kyiv by Olga Rudnieva, the founder and CEO of the Superhumans Trauma Centre in Lviv, Ukraine which treats wounded amputees. She said “the biggest impact you have is coming to Kyiv.” Then the official invitation came.
During the trip, the Prince is due to visit the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. He is expected to spend time with 200 veterans, who have also been invited. He is also due to meet the Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko.
According to him, travelling to Kyiv would give him a chance to talk to veterans, and also see some of the destruction first-hand, he said. While the biennial Invictus Games have been the focal point of much of the foundation’s work, it has been increasing its sports recovery programmes to help provide opportunities for rehabilitation beyond the main games, including by providing sports equipment in Ukraine.
