King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is visiting Ukraine for the first time in 18 years.
In Lviv, the monarch has already met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
This is the Swedish king’s first visit to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war. The 80-year-old monarch is accompanied by a delegation led by Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The last time Carl XVI Gustaf visited Ukraine was in 2008, together with Queen Silvia.
The Swedish king is accompanied on the trip by Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard. The agenda of the visit includes visits to schools and hospitals in Lviv “to gain insight into the experience of war.”
