Overview
- Prince Harry, who arrived in Kyiv by overnight train from Poland on Thursday, made an unannounced visit to the capital.
- At the Kyiv Security Forum, he directly appealed to Vladimir Putin to stop the war and denounced the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children as organized and intentional war crimes.
- He urged the United States to show leadership consistent with the assurances given when Ukraine surrendered its nuclear arsenal under the Budapest Memorandum.
- His plan includes time with Ukrainian Invictus Games participants and a visit to The HALO Trust’s demining work, which is the charity’s largest operation and long associated with Princess Diana.
- The trip follows a week of heavy Russian strikes and is his third to Ukraine since 2022, signaling a push to refocus global attention on long‑term needs like veteran recovery and clearing mines.