Club Luncheon: Eyewitness Ukraine

Maurice O’Connell has just returned from five months in Odesa, Ukraine. There he teamed up with a group of Ukrainians

helping Ukrainians. The central humanitarian hub was run out of a former university building and provided 200 welfare

aid packs to refugees daily. Considered by many to be a “front line city” it was largely bereft of foreign volunteers.

Maurice also regularly went to front line villages to deliver aid. Maurice’s mission was humanitarian but he took a keen

interest from a military perspective having served in the British Army. Maurice’s talk will cover his humanitarian

activities as a self-funded volunteer but will also focus on his reflections of a country at war, the Ukrainian people and

anecdotes from his military observations in the Kherson region. He will talk about the experiences of volunteers who

worked with him, his observations of Russian behaviour in Ukraine and narrations centred on former US marines training

Ukrainian soldiers in Odesa and International Foreign Legionnaires fighting the Russians.

Join a Club table or bring your Club friendship group along to enjoy lunch and the company of kindred spirits.

Time: 1200 for 1230

Dress: Jacket and Tie / ladies equivalent

Price: $53.00 (Price includes a light 2 course meal and a drink on arrival)

RSVP: By 5PM, Friday 25 November 2022

CANCELLATION POLICY - Bookings cancelled after the RSVP will incur a 50% charge of the ticket price