Prince Harry arrived in Kyiv Thursday on an unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital.
Harry, whose visit comes because the country endures its fifth 12 months of war with Russia, said it was “good to be back in Ukraine” upon arrival at the town’s essential railway station, where he greeted a line of officials awaiting him on the platform.
Upon arrival, the Duke of Sussex said Ukraine was “a rustic bravely and successfully defending Europe’s eastern flank,” and that “it matters that we don’t lose sight of the importance of that.”
The prince also spoke on Thursday at a security conference, where he delivered a keynote address and told Russian President Vladimir Putin there’s “still a moment, now, to stop this war,” British news outlet ITV reported.
“Years into this war, with immense losses and limited gains, it’s increasingly clear that this path offers no victor — only more loss,” he continued.
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“President Putin, no nation advantages from the continued lack of life we’re witnessing.”
Harry added that he was not there as a politician but “as a soldier who understands service, as a humanitarian who has seen the human cost of conflict, and as a friend of Ukraine who believes the world must not grow used to this war or numb to its consequences.”
He went on to handle the Trump administration, calling on Washington to do more and reminding it that it had an obligation to guard Ukraine after the country agreed to present up its nuclear weapons.
“It is a moment for American leadership — a moment for America to indicate that it could possibly honour its international treaty obligations — not out of charity, but out of its enduring role in global security and strategic stability,” he said.
In keeping with NBC News, he can also be expected to go to the HALO Trust, a charity that deactivates landmines and was supported by his late mother, Princess Diana.
He can also be scheduled to spend time with Ukrainian participants within the Invictus Games, which his foundation of the identical name runs to assist wounded veterans get well through sport, the U.S. outlet added.
Britain’s Prince Harry, centre, and Poland’s former president Andrzej Duda, left, talk on the Security Forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka
In his speech, he also praised the Ukrainian people’s resolve and the progressive response of the country’s military, including its advanced drone capabilities.
Prince Harry last visited Ukraine in September 2025, where he met with veterans on the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. His first visit to the war-torn country was in April 2025, when he went to Lviv, a serious city in western Ukraine, to go to a rehabilitation centre.
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