Prince Harry (Image: Getty)
Vladimir Putin unleashed his snarling propagandists on “clown” Prince Harry after the royal called on the Kremlin leader to end the war in Ukraine. The King’s younger son, on a visit to Kyiv, said carrying on the conflict “offers no winner — only more loss”.
He urged: “President Putin, no country benefits from the continued loss of life we are witnessing.” The prince, attending the Kyiv Security Forum, also called on Donald Trump to understand “this is a moment for American leadership”.
But Harry’s wading into the war triggered a furious response in Moscow.
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The Duke of Sussex visited Ukraine this week (Image: Getty)
Putin’s TV propagandist-in-chief, Vladimir Solovyov, asked: “This is the prince who was photographed in a Nazi uniform, right?”
The frothing Kremlin cheerleader routinely slurs the Ukrainian leadership as being Nazi.
“This Harry…came to join his Nazi brothers [in Ukraine],” he told his viewers on primetime television across Russia.
The propagandist went on: “You came here to act like a clown….
“What does this have to do with you? Who are you? Who gave you the right to even discuss these matters?
“You don’t deserve any respect. You came with your Nazi buddies, why didn’t you wear the right uniform?”
Vladimir Putin is not happy (Image: Getty)
Oleh Soskin, Ukrainian political commentator and economist, former aide to the previous Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, also criticised the Harry intervention.
“Why did you come? Not only did you fail to help [Volodymyr] Zelensky, but you also angered Trump with your inappropriate criticism.
“What does this have to do with insufficient efforts in Ukraine? I think this is just stupidity, which will come back to haunt Kyiv.”
He said: ”Let’s be honest – Zelensky often puts on a show, inviting all sorts of clowns, but this time the experiment failed.
“It would be great if Trump turned a blind eye to this prince and his fairy tales.”
Prince Harry caused a media storm back in 2005 when he wore a Nazi uniform at a costume party, and his pictures appeared on the front page of UK newspapers.
At the time, Clarence House released a statement which read: “Prince Harry has apologised for any offence or embarrassment he has caused. He realises it was a poor choice of costume.”
In his docuseries, Harry & Meghan, the Duke spoke about the incident and described it as one of the “biggest mistakes” of his life. He added that he felt so ashamed afterwards.
During his trip to Ukraine this week, Harry suggested the conflict is “not simply a war about territory”, but one about “values” and “sovereignty”.
He praised the Ukrainian people’s endurance, saying “This is what leadership looks like in the modern world”, and spoke of the “staggering” human toll of the war.
The duke, who served on two frontline tours to Afghanistan, said: “I am not here as a politician.
Prince Harry spoke at a forum in Kyiv (Image: Getty)
“I am here 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.
“Because what is happening here is not simply a war about territory. It is a war about values. About sovereignty.
“About whether the principles that underpin our shared democracy still hold meaning.”
Harry’s words echoed those of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997.
During the princess’s trip to Angola to campaign against landmines, which led to a row in Westminster, the princess said: “I am not a political figure. I am a humanitarian figure and always have been and always will be.”