Prince Harry tells wounded veterans in Ukraine 'you're going to win the war'

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Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, made his fourth visit to Ukraine since Russia's invasion — and the father of two acknowledged he had "taken a risk to come here"

Prince Harry made a surprise visit to Ukraine Saturday, meeting wounded veterans and medics specialising in war injuries and assuring them: "you're going to win the war".

Making his fourth visit to Ukraine since Russia's invasion, more than any other British royal, the Duke of Sussex acknowledged he had "taken a risk to come here".

"Every single time I come back to Ukraine, I feel welcome, I feel warmth," the prince said after arriving in the western city of Lviv.

The prince took the stage at a conference for medics, organised by Superhumans, a clinic in the city that specialises in rehabilitation of those injured in the war.

"You're going to win the war and then you're going to be set up for success," Harry told listeners including Health Minister Viktor Liashko, praising progress in medicine and society.

The 42-year-old duke was dressed casually in a dark hooded puffer jacket, dark blue trousers and brown desert boots as he attended a series of events.

In a school sports hall, he watched wheelchair rugby players zooming around as they vied for a place in Ukraine's team at the next Invictus Games, an international sports contest for veterans and serving military founded by the prince.

Ukraine plans to send its largest ever team — 60 competitors — to the games in Birmingham next year.

This comes as the brutal ongoing war with Russia has led to a surge in numbers of Ukrainians with disabilities and missing limbs. The country has around 1.4 million combat veterans, over 10 percent of whom have disabilities.

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