King Charles III has spoken of the "truly terrifying" situation in Ukraine on a visit to Liverpool.
The monarch was in the city with his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest.
At an event to mark the twinning of Liverpool Central Library with the Odesa National Scientific Library in Ukraine, King Charles said: "I find it truly terrifying that more than 300 state and university libraries in the Ukraine have been destroyed in recent months."