Yurii Sodol
Ukrainian military officer
Yurii Ivanovych Sodol (Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Содоль; born 26 December 1970) is a retired Ukrainian lieutenant general and was the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from February to June 2024. Before that, he was the commander of the Ukrainian Marine Corps from 2018 to 2024.
Early life and career
Sodol was born on 26 December 1970 in Chuhuiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He served in the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, and until 2015 he was the commander of the 25th Airborne Brigade. From 2015 to 2018 he was the First Deputy Commander of the Air Assault Forces.
In March 2018 the Marine Corps Command was established as a new organization within the Ukrainian Navy, and Yuri Sodol was appointed its Commander. He was also promoted to lieutenant general. In May 2023 the Marine Corps was separated from the Navy to become an independent branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Sodol remained in this role until February 2024 and is credited with modernizing Ukraine's Marine Corps along NATO standards during his tenure.
Commander of Joint Forces
In mid-February 2024 he was appointed as the commander of the Ukrainian joint forces at the front line.
The public source identifies “Yurii Sodol” as ukrainian military officer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Yurii, Sodol and Ukrainian.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Yurii Sodol”, the useful work is to connect “ukrainian military officer” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20069993. The first chronological checks are 1970, 2024, 2018 and 2015.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Yurii Sodol”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Yurii Sodol primary sources, Yurii Sodol archive and Yurii research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Yurii Sodol”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Yurii Sodol” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.