Prince Harry reflects on his surprise Ukraine visit

Prince Harry arrived in Kyiv for a surprise trip Thursday, just days before his father King Charles begins a state visit to the United States hosted by President Donald Trump.

"Prince Harry arrived in Kyiv for an unannounced visit," Ukraine´s Center for Countering Disinformation, a government agency, said on social media.

Ukraine´s national railway operator published video of him disembarking a train after arriving in the Ukrainian capital.

Harry has previously visited the war-torn country to support wounded veterans as part of his Invictus Games Foundation.

Reflecting on the visit, Prince Harry said: “This visit has reinforced a truth the world cannot afford to forget – that the scars of war do not fade when the fighting stops.”

“They endure in the lives of those who have served and sacrificed, and in the very land beneath their feet, where landmines and unexploded ordnance continue to threaten communities long after the front lines have shifted.”

He continued, “Recovery is not measured in moments, but in decades – and it demands our sustained attention, commitment, and care. Too often, our focus is drawn to how conflicts end, rather than how peace is sustained; yet it is in that long, quieter work of recovery where the future is truly secured.”

Earlier, Harry urged the United States to take a decisive role in ending the Russian invasion and called on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to "stop this war".