Ukraine has launched a “compelling” bid to host Prince Harry’s Invictus Games in four years.

Kyiv, the capital, is among six cities vying to host the 2029 event, despite war-torn Ukraine’s “complex ongoing geopolitical challenges”.

The announcement comes weeks after the Duke of Sussex made an unannounced visit to Ukraine, where he met wounded military personnel and civilians at a rehabilitation clinic in the western city of Lviv.

In February, Dominic Reid, the outgoing chief executive of the Invictus Games Foundation (IGF), expressed hopes of holding the event in Ukraine as soon as possible after the war ended. 

He said the country was now home to “100,000 amputees”.

The Foreign Office currently advises against all but essential travel to certain parts of Ukraine including Kyiv.