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- Brandon Mitchell’s Story
- Year 2026
- Trench Trauma Ted Talk
- Year 2025
- Brandon's Q&A video dated 27 October 2025
- Brandon's Five Videos About Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Battalions
- Drones Will Win The War in Ukraine
- Year 2024
- Brandon Mitchell – UK Ukraine Awareness Tour
- Forces News featured Brandon and other combat medics during their UK tour
- Culmination of Brandon's Tour
- Iryna Knyzhnyk's and Brandon Mitchell's speeches at Trafalgar Square
- Brandon was back home in Sweden
- Year 2023
- Brandon temporarily returned to Sweden
- Brandon was back in Ukraine following an international tour
- Brandon Mitchell on YouTube
- Year 2022
- Civilian evacuation from Knauf near Donbas
- More About Combat Medic Brandon Mitchell in Ukraine
- Support Brandon's vital work by making a donation
- Brandon Mitchell's official donation links
- External Links for Brandon Mitchell @ukraine_tbic
- Brandon Mitchell's Mission: Key Questions Answered
- Recent posts about Ukraine are listed below. View all Ukraine posts.
This post was updated on 6 April 2026 to reflect Brandon’s role as a combat medic in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Brandon Mitchell’s Story
This is presented in reverse-chronological order
Year 2026
On 3 April 2026, Brandon Mitchell uploaded a YouTube video in which he explained the realities of evacuating wounded soldiers from the frontlines.
Trench Trauma Ted Talk
FPV Casualties. No Answer, Just Options
Year 2025
In October 2025, Brandon released a question-and-answer video. In it, viewers learned that he had recently completed basic infantry training as a contract soldier with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Brandon has not specified the unit he joined, likely because this information is on a need-to-know basis.
After completing his training, Brandon is now undergoing further advanced preparation for deployment. When asked if he planned to work as a combat medic, he replied, “I might.” During the Q&A, we also learned that he has completed an A1-level Ukrainian language course.
Brandon’s Q&A video dated 27 October 2025
Earlier in 2025, Brandon had successfully finalised his immigration status with the Swedish authorities. That meant he was free to leave Sweden for extended periods, without risking his status. Brandon was back in Ukraine, successfully sourcing equipment for the front lines.
Throughout early 2025, Brandon uploaded videos highlighting the importance of drone warfare to Ukraine’s victory. In this period, he also began seeking donations for spare parts to aid Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Battalions.
Brandon’s Five Videos About Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Battalions
To view Brandon Mitchell’s drone-related videos, click or tap any of the links below. They are listed in chronological order—oldest first—with the last one dated 21 April 2025.
Brandon’s donation links are further down this page.
Drones Will Win The War in Ukraine
Brandon has repeatedly emphasised that medical equipment alone will not win the war. Consequently, he devotes most of his energy to supplying and delivering drones to Ukrainian army units, which he maintains will help secure victory.
Year 2024
The following tour was supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Brandon Mitchell – UK Ukraine Awareness Tour
Between 14 and 24 February 2024, Brandon toured the UK with four Ukrainian medics. This tour—which began in London, then visited Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, and Cardiff before returning to London—highlighted crimes against medics in Ukraine.
Photograph: Brandon Mitchell with fellow Ukrainian Hospitallers combat medic Iryna Knyzhnyk during their UK tour. At Westminster, London, with a war-damaged ambulance from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
During the UK tour, Brandon participated in public events and private meetings with politicians, thereby extending the tour’s impact.
Forces News featured Brandon and other combat medics during their UK tour
The video above was part of the Edinburgh tour.
Before the tour, Brandon completed a Level 3 FREC (First Response Emergency Care) course at Solent Medical Skills in Southampton. Notably, his instructor had volunteered as a medic in Ukraine.
Just before starting his UK tour, Brandon visited Germany, where he ran several half-marathons to raise funds for a truck for Nika, a Hospitallers Medical Battalion combat medic. His efforts successfully raised the £20,000 required for the truck.
Culmination of Brandon’s Tour
Brandon’s tour concluded in London’s Trafalgar Square on 24 February at an event commemorating the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Brandon was sitting alone with headphones in, trying to cut out the noise. The little Ukrainian boy told me he had given up his pocket money and savings to help buy trucks. I decided to introduce him to Brandon, the combat medic, as I felt the boy’s authenticity would resonate with him. This special moment happened.
Story and image: Alison Cameron.
Iryna Knyzhnyk’s and Brandon Mitchell’s speeches at Trafalgar Square
Iryna Knyzhnyk’s speech was a powerful call to action. She outlined the sacrifices and struggles of Ukrainian history, from the loss of independence after World War I to the artificially created famines (The Holodomors) of the 1930s and the millions of lives lost during World War II. Now, as the world stands with Ukraine, she emphasised the potential impact of our support in defeating Russia and preventing this war from being passed on to future generations of Ukrainians.
Brandon Mitchell gave a very emotional and heartfelt message. He clearly outlined and pleaded for London’s scrappage scheme, which involve replacing older vehicles with newer, more environmentally friendly models, as well as the confiscated boats that have ended up on the Kent coast. These cars and vessels, which would be destroyed under the scheme, are desperately needed in Ukraine to save lives.
The video below is of Hospitallers combat medics Brandon Mitchell and Iryna Knyzhnyk at Trafalgar Square in London.
Video credit: Yaroslava Matvieienko from Worthing, West Sussex.
Brandon was back home in Sweden
On 28 February 2024, after his UK tour, Brandon announced in a YouTube community post that he had returned home to Sweden. On the same day, he released a video for his YouTube members, made public on 29 February. As a member, I watched the early release.
In that video, Brandon recapped details from the UK tour, discussed the Kherson bridgehead, and revealed the realities of being a combat medic there. He also displayed his certificate for passing the First Response Emergency Care course in Southampton.
Watch the video now. Kherson Bridgehead: Bought and Paid for with Blood. On the River 18+
Year 2023
Return to Sweden
Brandon temporarily returned to Sweden
In December 2023, Brandon returned to Sweden for several months to finalise his immigration status. During this time, he continued supporting Ukraine through donations and coordinated with his network in Ukraine, which includes Tilde, a Swedish volunteer. You can find out more about Tilde in this post.
Brandon was back in Ukraine following an international tour
As mentioned, Brandon spent the spring and summer of 2023 on official leave from Ukraine to address three tasks.
The first task was to finalise his immigration status with the Swedish authorities. This task was only partially successful. Brandon returned to Sweden in December 2023 to formalise his permanent Swedish residency.
The second task was to trek Sweden’s longest trail, the Kungsleden. Brandon set up a fundraiser for his time on the trail to raise funds for Blågula Bilen. This Swedish charity raised funds for trucks bound for Ukrainian battalions. The aim was to raise enough money for an additional truck for Ukraine, and Brandon achieved this fundraising target.
Brandon’s third task was an international awareness-raising mission for Ukraine. For this purpose, he travelled to Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the USA, where he secured high-profile media appearances.
In Canada, Brandon appeared at Toronto’s St. Volodymyr Institute for a speaking engagement. In the UK, he was interviewed twice at London’s Times Radio studio, which later led to a third interview with Times Radio when he returned to the front lines of Ukraine. Other high-profile interviews were on the UK’s Lindybeige YouTube channel. While Brandon was in Sweden awaiting the outcome of his immigration status appeal, he appeared on Jake Broe’s YouTube podcast. For those who don’t know Jake Broe, his YouTube channel is one of the most high-profile channels dedicated to providing accurate and up-to-date information about the current struggle for Ukrainian independence.
Brandon Mitchell on YouTube
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Year 2022
Evacuations
Civilian evacuation from Knauf near Donbas
In 2022, Brandon and his team were assigned to a civilian evacuation in Knauf, near the Donbas region. The district was already under Russian control or being fought over. This was a mission where speed was essential to success.
The team located the family for evacuation, but also discovered an additional 13 civilians who needed to be evacuated. The evacuations were carried out in two stages. The first evacuation was accomplished. During the second, carried out in a convoy of two, Brandon’s vehicle was blown up by a mine, and he suffered serious injuries. The Ukrainian army, at considerable risk to themselves, managed to extract Brandon from the minefield. His team successfully evacuated the remaining 13 civilians. Brandon spent a month in a hospital recovering from a traumatic brain injury and some hearing loss.
This Instagram reel shows Brandon’s bodycam footage of the moments leading up to and following the explosion.
Brandon was committed to doing everything it took to ensure the Hospitallers Medical Battalion continued to have the best medical and support equipment available on the market. As a self-funded volunteer, Brandon needs our help, and any donation you can spare will be gratefully received.
More About Combat Medic Brandon Mitchell in Ukraine
Brandon was a Canadian volunteer combat medic with the Hospitallers Medical Battalion of Ukraine.
Before his work in Ukraine, Brandon had served in both the Canadian and British armies.
Following the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited foreigners to enlist in the International Legion of the Territorial Defence of Ukraine. At the outbreak of war, Brandon was a resident of Sweden.
Brandon felt that his services would be more useful in humanitarian work, which led him to join the Hospitallers Medical Battalion of Ukraine.
Since March 2022, he has been providing front-line first aid, assisting with civilian evacuations, delivering medical supplies and equipment, and transporting wounded soldiers. Brandon also sourced additional emergency supplies for medics, including highly sought-after tourniquets, generators, and radios. Brandon buys these supplies with donations.
Associated chevron image: Pvladko, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The information in this post is based on knowledge gained after following Brandon’s content on his YouTube and Instagram channels.
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