Prince Harry visits Ukraine to meet wounded warriors
Prince Harry makes surprise visit to Ukraine, where he met victims of war in Ukraine as a part of his work with wounded veterans.
Prince Harry met victims of war in Ukraine as part of his work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
Harry, who served 10 years in the British Army, visited the Superhumans Center, an orthopedic clinic in the western Ukraine city of Lviv that provides care and rehabilitation for wounded military personnel and civilians.
The Duke of Sussex, who lives in California with his wife, Duchess Meghan, and their two children, was in London earlier this week for a case about changes to his security in Britain, which his lawyer called “unjustified,” after Harry and Meghan stepped down from their senior royal duties in 2020.
Harry was rushed out of the courtroom Wednesday following a fan outburst. The apparent fan made critical comments about the press, according to People and BBC News, and Harry was escorted out.
His visit to Ukraine, however, was decidedly different from the ongoing legal dramas he continues to battle in court.
Harry, who has served two tours in Afghanistan, was joined in Lviv by four veterans from the Invictus Games Foundation, the charity behind the international sporting event that he founded for military personnel wounded in action.
The prince also met medical professionals and patients at the Superhumans Center as well as Ukraine’s Minister of Veterans Affairs Natalia Kalmykova, his spokesperson said.
The country has been active in the Harry’s Invictus Games since 2017. The duke met with Ukrainian Invictus community members, including Yulia “Taira” Paievska, the Ukrainian volunteer medic, soldier and only woman set to compete for Team Ukraine in the 2022 Invictus Games, which she missed after Russian soldiers took her captive. Paievska was also featured in the Netflix documentary “Heart of Invictus.”
The bi-annual international sporting event was held in Vancouver-Whistler in February. The next event is set to take place in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 2027.
Contributing: Sachin Ravikumar, Reuters; Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY
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