Russia is furious after Prince Harry's trip to Ukraine.

08:35, Fri, Apr 24, 2026 Updated: 08:51, Fri, Apr 24, 2026

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Vladimir Putin unleashed his snarling propagandists on “clown” Prince Harry after the royal called on the Kremlin dictator 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”.

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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.

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?”

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.”