Prince Harry in surprise visit to Ukraine to meet war victims

The Duke of Sussex met war victims in Ukraine on Thursday when he visited a medical clinic, a spokesperson has said.

Prince Harry visited the Superhumans Center, in the western city of Lviv, which rehabilitates wounded military personnel and civilians.

He was accompanied by a group from the Invictus Games Foundation, including four veterans who had been through similar rehabilitation.

Lviv has frequently been targeted with Russian missiles and the visit was not announced until after he was out of the country.

Prince Harry, who served for 10 years in the British Army, founded the Invictus Games in 2014 for wounded veterans to compete in sports events.

The visit to Superhumans was to observe the support and rehabilitation services being provided in a country actively experiencing war, a spokesperson said.

During the visit, the prince met patients and medical professionals, in addition to Ukraine's Minister of Veterans Affairs, Natalia Kalmykova.

Th clinic administers psychological help, reconstructive surgery and prosthetics to victims for free.

Rob Owen, chief executive of Invictus, said Ukraine has been "a vital part" of the foundation since participating in the Invictus Games Toronto 2017.

The prince was in London this week for a Court of Appeal hearing over his security arrangements in the UK.

He is the second royal to visit Ukraine since Russia's full scale invasion, after the Duchess of Edinburgh visited Kyiv last year.