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Updated 20 January 2025. Reason for update: Added link to Brandon’s video report dated 14 January 2025 from Kursk.
Brandon Mitchell’s story below is in reverse chronological order
Brandon has been back in Ukraine for “some period” during the winter of 2024 and 2025. Sadly, he has been attending the funerals of fallen comrades while also organising deliveries of essential equipment to the frontlines.
Brandon Mitchell’s Video Report from Kursk, Russia
Brandon joins the Rangers Special Operations Regiment of Ukraine and reports from an operation in Ukrainian occupied Kursk, Russia.
Brandon Mitchell Introduces the BBC Documentary Hell Jumper
On 7 August 2024, Brandon released a YouTube video about the BBC documentary Hell Jumper and his part in the documentary. Hell Jumper focuses primarily on British civilian volunteer Chris Parry, who together with British volunteer colleague Dr Andrew Bagshaw was murdered by Wagner mercenaries in January 2023. Hell Jumper is available on BBC iPlayer if you are a UK resident. You can watch the documentary from outside the UK via a VPN.
BBC’s Hell Jumper Documentary: Christopher Parry, Soledar and the 2nd Anniversary of the Explosion. Watch Brandon’s video.
Direct link to the Hell Jumper on BBC iPlayer. Sign-in required.
Chris Parry – Hell Jumper
Photograph credit: Guardian Newspaper Online.
A hell jumper is a certain type of overseas volunteer in Ukraine known by the moniker “Hell Jumper,” as they specialise in driving to the front lines to rescue stranded civilians. One of them was Chris Parry, a young Cornishman murdered by Russian mercenaries in January 2023 after becoming addicted to both adventure and compassion. He was 28 years old.
A man who was willing to sacrifice his own life, Christopher Parry, rescued more than 400 lives. His memory is preserved in this terrifying yet incredibly human film. Source: Guardian Newspaper.
Read the full article: Guardian Newspaper. By Jack Seale. 24 July 2024.
This documentary included all the source material from Chris’s recovered laptop, together with voice-mails left to family and loved ones. Included were testimonies from his colleagues in Ukraine and his Ukrainian girlfriend, Olya. There was nothing to embellish. Chris’s audio testimony and videography from his GoPro strapped to his chest told the story in the most horrific, brutal and raw details. The BBC expertly crafted the source material into a heartbreaking documentary. This documentary was one of the most distressing from Ukraine I have watched.
Drones Will Win The War in Ukraine
Brandon has been emphasising the point for a long time that medical equipment alone is not going to help win the war. To this end, Brandon is putting most of his energy into supplying and delivering drones to Ukrainian army units, which he maintains, and I agree with him, will bring about Ukrainian victory.
Brandon has just released a video interview with Tilde Addenbrooke, a Swedish volunteer in Ukraine since 2022. Tilde supports Brandon while he is, as mentioned below, temporarily away in Sweden. Brandon has asked all his Swedish supporters to PERMANENTLY switch to supporting Tilde every month instead of him. Source: Brandon’s YouTube community post dated 30 June 2024.
You can also donate to Tilde via PayPal. Her PayPal donation email address is on her Instagram Page.
I can’t show you Tilde’s PayPall email address on this website because I have a strict policy of not displaying email addresses to protect people against spam.
Tilde Powerfully Emphasises That Drones Are Vital for Ukraine’s Victory
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Brandon Mitchell – UK Ukraine Awareness Tour – February 2024
This tour was supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Between 14 and 24 February 2024, Brandon was on a UK-wide tour with four Ukrainian medics. The tour, which highlighted crimes against medics in Ukraine, started in London and was followed by Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff and back to London on the 24th.
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 Brandon’s tour, he had public engagements and private meetings with politicians.
Watch Brandon Mitchell and Iryna Knyzhnyk meeting a Ukrainian grandmother in Liverpool who desperately wants to go home.
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Forces News features Brandon and other combat medics during their UK tour
The video above was part of the Edinburgh tour.
Prior to the tour, Brandon had completed a Level 3 FREC course at Solent Medical Skills in Southampton. FREC is a First Response Emergency Care course. Coincidentally, Brandon’s instructor on the course had previously served as a volunteer medic in Ukraine.
Just before his UK tour, Brandon visited Germany, where he ran several Half Marathons to fundraise for a truck for Nika, a Hospitallers Medical Battalion combat medic in need of a replacement truck. Brandon raised the required amount of £20,000 for Nika’s truck.
Culmination of Brandon’s Tour
Brandon’s tour culminated at Trafalgar Square in London on 24 February at the commemoration of the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Brandon was sitting on his own with headphones in to try 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 gave an excellent outline of Ukrainian history. She reminded us how Ukraine had lost its fight for independence after World War I by being incorporated into the Soviet Union and of the artificially created famines (The Holodomors) of the 1930s by the Soviet Union that killed millions of Ukrainians. And the millions of Ukrainian lives lost during World War II. Now that the world stands with Ukraine, this is the chance to defeat Russia so that this war is not passed on to future generations of Ukrainians.
Brandon gave a very emotional and heartfelt message. He clearly outlined and pleaded for London’s scrappage scheme cars and the confiscated boats that have ended up on the Kent coast. These cars and boats would be destroyed, yet they 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 and image credit: Yaroslava Matvieienko from the Worthing Ukrainian Friends Network.
Brandon Mitchell is now back home in Sweden
On 28 February 2024, Brandon released a YouTube community post. He told us that following his UK tour, he was back home in Sweden. On the same date, Brandon released a YouTube video, 24 hours in advance, specially for his YouTube members. The video has now been released on YouTube to the general public on 29 February. As a member of Brandon’s YouTube channel, I had watched the video on its early release.
In the video, Brandon recaped details of his UK tour, talked about the Kerhson bridgehead and showed the raw reality of life as a combat medic in the Kherson area. Brandon also showed us his First Response Emergency Care course certificate awarded to him after passing the course in Southampton.
Watch the video now. Kherson Bridgehead: Bought and Paid for with Blood. On the River 18+
Brandon Mitchell temporarily returns to Sweden
In December 2023, Brandon returned to Sweden, where he will stay for several months. His return to Sweden has been necessary for him to finalise his immigration status with the Swedish authorities. Brandon continues to support Ukraine through donations. He has a team of trusted YouTubers based in Ukraine, including Tilde, a Swedish volunteer helper, also in Ukraine.
About Combat Medic Brandon Mitchell in Ukraine
Brandon is a Canadian volunteer combat medic with the Hospitallers Medical Battalion of Ukraine.
Previous to 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 carrying out front-line first aid, assisting with civilian evacuations, delivering medical supplies and equipment and transporting wounded soldiers. Brandon also delivers other emergency supplies to medics, such as much sought-after tourniquets, generators and radios. These supplies are bought by Brandon from donations.

The information in this post is based on what I have learned after following Brandon’s content on his YouTube and Instagram channels.
Brandon was back in Ukraine following an international tour
As previously mentioned, Brandon is currently back in Sweden. In the spring and summer of 2023, Brandon had temporarily left Ukraine on official leave to carry out 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, a Swedish charity, which raises 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 Ukrainian awareness-raising mission. 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 was back on 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
If you are new to Brandon’s work in Ukraine and, perhaps, undecided about donating to his fundraiser, please visit Brandon’s YouTube channel.
Today is your chance to donate now via Brandon’s official donation links.
Civilian evacuation from Knauf near Donbas
In 2022, Brandon and his team were assigned to a civilian evacuation in Knauf, near Donbas. 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 found an extra 13 civilians needing evacuation. 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 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 is committed to doing everything it takes to ensure the Hospitallers Medical Battalion continue to have the best medical and support equipment available on the market. As a self-funded volunteer, Brandon needs our help, and whatever donation you can spare will be gratefully received by Brandon.
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External Links for Brandon Mitchell @ukraine_tbic
tbic is short for The Best I Can
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Hospitallers Medical Battalion of Ukraine – Related links
Hospitallers Medical Battalion Ukraine – Official Website and Facebook Page.
Hospitallers Medical Battalion Ukraine – British and Irish Republic representation website.
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