Prince Harry makes a surprise visit to Kyiv

The Duke of Sussex met with King Charles and is now in Ukraine (Picture: Anadolu/Getty Images)

Prince Harry has touched down in Ukraine after a surprise visit to the war-torn country.

The Duke of Sussex made a secret journey to Ukraine after receiving an invitation from Volodymyr Zelensky’s government.

He had travelled to Ukraine shortly after reuniting briefly with his dad King Charles for the first time in 20 months.

The royal arrived in Kyiv this morning with his Invictus Games team, the Guardian reports.

His aim is to do ‘everything possible’ to help the recovery of injured soldiers who have been hurt during the protracted war against Russia.

Prince Harry, who arrived in the UK on Monday, told the outlet: ‘We cannot stop the war but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process.

‘We can continue to humanise the people involved in this war and what they are going through. We have to keep it in the forefront of people’s minds. 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.’

The 40-year-old and the Invictus Games Foundation are set to draw up plans for initiatives to support the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers, eventually across all areas of Ukraine, where aroun 130,000 people have been left with permanent disabilities.

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