Princess Anne visits Ukraine to support child war victims

She meets children displaced from their families and visited a memorial for young people killed during the war.

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Princess Anne left a toy bear at a memorial for children killed since Russia's full-scale invasion, and spoke to young people alleged to have been taken from their homes by Russian forces.

She also discussed the UK's support for Ukraine and its ongoing resistance with President Volodomyr Zelensky.

The official visit, taken at the request of the Foreign Office, comes just weeks after her nephew Prince Harry visited war-wounded veterans during a surprise visit to Kyiv.

Anne, who is the King's sister, paid her respects at the Children's Memorial alongside First Lady Olena Zelenska, who opened the site in the northeastern city of Kharkiv.