Brandon Mitchell: A Day on the Front Lines with a Canadian Volunteer Combat Medic in Ukraine
Friday, June 2nd, 2023
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, June 2, 2023 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM | External Event, This event will take place in-person at the St. Volodymyr Institute, 620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5S 2H4. |
Description
Front-line medic Brandon Mitchell shared a first-hand account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the online war, and the support those on the ground have been receiving. He discussed what’s working and what’s not, and offered a candid perspective on the invasion from the ground.
A 20-minute video “Soledar: Ukraine, Truth about the fallen British volunteers and what happened”, revealed the front-line situation in Soledar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine in January 2023, and the determined efforts of Hospitallers volunteers to evacuate civilians remaining in Soledar.
Brandon Mitchell is a 37-year-old Canadian originally from Miramichi, New Brunswick. He joined the Canadian Army Reserves at 17 and served at CFB Gagetown before moving to the United Kingdom at 19 and joining the military there. Mitchell left the British Army in 2007. He arrived in Ukraine from Sweden on March 14, 2022 and joined the Hospitallers Medical Battalion which is part of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army. He has served in hospitals and on the fronts of Zaporizhzhia and Bakhmut.
Brandon was involved in the casualty evacuation of wounded soldiers and also the evacuation of civilians in the Donbas Region. Brandon has a sizable social media following through Instagram and YouTube which he uses to solicit funds for supplies given directly to the units he serves with under the Ukrainian Forces. He requests that all donations be directed to hospitallers.life.
Presented by St. Volodymyr Institute and the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the University of Toronto.
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