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Prince Harry made a surprise visit to Kiev on Friday, following an invitation from an organization that supports Ukrainians with life-changing injuries caused by the war.
The Duke of Sussex arrived by train and said he wanted to do "everything possible" to help the injured military personnel recover.
Superhumans, which helps provide prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation for the injured, told the BBC that it had invited Prince Harry to Ukraine.
Founder Olha Rudnieva greeted the prince with a hug as he got off the train, as shown in a video released by Ukrainian Railways.
She gave him a podstakannik, a silver holder for a glass used for drinking tea, traditionally provided on night trains throughout Ukraine.
Harry visited a centre run by the organisation in Lviv in April, but this was his first visit to the capital.
There are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians with amputations as a result of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, figures vary, as Ukraine does not provide accurate statistics on military casualties.
The prince took part in a panel discussion at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II in Kiev, where he advised those leaving military service that there is "light at the end of the tunnel."
"Sometimes you'll feel lost, like you lack a purpose," said Harry, who spent 10 years in the British army.
"Don't stay silent. Silence will keep you in the dark. Open up to your friends and family, because by doing so you give them permission to do the same," he said.
Among the people Harry met during the trip was war veteran Vasyl Tamulis, who told Reuters news agency: "My main goal was to take a picture with him because not many people have a picture with [a] prince."
"Being selected for the Invictus Games brings people together and motivates them because it's a very difficult selection process," he added, referring to the international multi-sport competition that Harry organised for injured and ill military personnel - both serving and veterans.
Before the trip, Prince Harry told the Guardian newspaper that "we can't stop the war, but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process."
"We can continue to humanize the people involved in this war and what they are going through," he added.
The newspaper reported that Harry was joined by a team from his Invictus Games Foundation, which he founded in 2014.
Ukraine was granted special permission to compete in the games by President Zelensky in 2022, just months after the war began.
During the opening ceremony, the prince said the world was "united" with the country.
His visit to Kiev came after the Sussexes' charitable foundation, Archewell, said on Wednesday it had donated $500,000 (£369,000) to projects supporting wounded children from Ukraine and Gaza.
It was said that the grants would be used to assist the World Health Organization with medical evacuations and to fund work on developing prosthetics for young people.
Other members of the Royal Family have expressed support for Ukraine since the war began more than three years ago.
The king welcomed Zelensky to his Sandringham estate in Norfolk in March, having previously said the country had faced "unspeakable aggression" from Russia.
The Prince of Wales, Harry's brother, met with Ukrainian refugees during a two-day visit to Estonia in March, where he said their resilience was "amazing."
His trip to Ukraine came after he met with his father, King Charles, in London on Wednesday, their first face-to-face meeting since February 2024.
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper was also in Kiev on Friday, where she announced a further £142m in aid from the UK to support Ukraine's energy infrastructure and vulnerable communities, while 100 new sanctions will aim to further hit Russia's economy and military supplies.
During the visit, Cooper met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
The UK Foreign Office said the visit reaffirms the UK's support for Ukraine.
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