Prince William makes surprise visit to troops near Ukraine border in Poland

The Prince of Wales has thanked British troops for "defending our freedoms" successful a concealed sojourn to a subject basal successful Poland adjacent to the Ukraine border.

Prince William's sojourn to Rzeszow successful south-eastern Poland was kept concealed implicit information concerns until helium near and arrived successful the superior Warsaw.

He told British soldiers: "Thank you for each you are doing retired here."

He said helium wanted to convey them successful idiosyncratic for "keeping everyone safe" and "keeping an oculus connected what's going on".

"So, conscionable a large convey you for what you bash connected a day-to-day basis."

He added: "You're doing a truly important occupation retired present and defending our freedoms is truly important, and everyone backmost location thoroughly supports you."

Rzeszow is conscionable implicit an hour's thrust from the Ukrainian border. British troops are determination to assistance unafraid Poland's airspace.

As good arsenic the British subject base, the Prince visited a Polish territorial service basal wherever helium met Polish soldiers.

The heir to the throne is besides owed to sojourn a Ukrainian exile centre successful Warsaw. On Thursday the prince volition conscionable the Polish President Andrzej Duda and be a wreath-laying.

Prince William's sojourn to Poland is astatine the petition of the UK government, but the prince has been wide astir his enactment for Ukraine from the start, tweeting his enactment to Ukraine conscionable days aft Russia's invasion.

He has travel to Poland to renew that support.