Brandon Mitchell: A Day on the Front Lines with a Canadian Volunteer Combat Medic in Ukraine

June 2, 2023 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM
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In-person
Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES), Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, Government & politics, Europe & Eurasia, Conflict & security

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This event will take place in-person at the St. Volodymyr Institute, 620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5S 2H4.
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.
Presented by St. Volodymyr Institute and the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the University of Toronto
This event is co-sponsored by the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and the St. Volodymyr Institute.
Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES), Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, Government & politics, Europe & Eurasia, Conflict & security
Larysa Iarovenko larysa.iarovenko@utoronto.ca

Speakers

Brandon Mitchell

Canadian volunteer combat medic with the Hospitallers Medical Battalion of Ukraine

Matthew Light

Associate Professor, Department of Criminology; Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto