Meghan Markle, Prince Harry donate to charities in Ukraine

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are persevering with to do their bit for the folks of Ukraine. The couple has made donations to charities to assist Ukrainians as they paid tribute to Invictus Games athlete Serhii Karaivan, who died whereas preventing towards Russian forces.

As per Fox News, the couple’s Archewell Foundation introduced on Friday that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have donated to a number of organisations engaged on the bottom to assist the Ukrainian folks.

These organisations embrace HIAS (Helping Ukrainian Families Settle), World Central Kitchen, the World Health Organization, and The HALO Trust. Notably, The HALO Trust is an organisation Harry’s late mom Princess Diana supported.

Meghan and Harry’s basis additionally paid tribute to Invictus Games athlete Serhii Karaivan, who died on March 13 whereas preventing towards Russian forces. Harry, who served within the military for greater than 10 years, began the Invictus Games in 2014.

“Finally, our hearts are heavy as we acknowledge the recent loss of a member of our veteran community in Ukraine, who was defending his country from attack,” the muse stated in its assertion.

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Meghan and Harry first condemned Russia’s assault on Ukraine on February 25 by way of a press release posted on the Archewell web site that learn, “WE STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.”

“Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and all of us at Archewell stand with the people of Ukraine against this breach of international and humanitarian law and encourage the global community and its leaders to do the same,” the assertion stated.

On February 24, Russia started a army operation in Ukraine, responding to requires assist from the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in countering the aggression of Ukrainian troops. The Russian Defense Ministry stated the particular operation is concentrating on Ukrainian army infrastructure solely.

According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, virtually 600 civilians have been killed and greater than 1,000 injured in Ukraine for the reason that begin of the battle.