Yurii Sodol

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Hero of Ukraine
Yurii Sodol
Юрій Содоль
File:Yuriy Sodol', 2015, 01.jpg
Sodol in 2015
Personal details
BornYurii Ivanovych Sodol
(1970-12-26) 26 December 1970 (age 55)
Chuhuiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
EducationSumy Higher Artillery Command School
National Defense University of Ukraine
AwardsHero of Ukraine Hero of Ukraine
Military service
AllegianceFile:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Branch/serviceFile:Flag of the Ukrainian Naval Infantry.png Ukrainian Marine Corps
File:Flag of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces.svg Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
Years of service2003−2024
RankFile:Погон генерал-лейтенанта ЗСУ (2020) гор.svg Lieutenant general
CommandsJoint Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukrainian Marine Corps
25th Airborne Brigade
Battles/wars

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.[1][2] Before that, he was the commander of the Ukrainian Marine Corps from 2018 to 2024.[3]

Early life and career

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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.[3]

In March 2018 the Marine Corps Command was established as a new organization within the Ukrainian Navy, and Yuri Sodol was appointed its Commander.[3] He was also promoted to lieutenant general.[4] In May 2023 the Marine Corps was separated from the Navy to become an independent branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[5] Sodol remained in this role until February 2024 and is credited with modernizing Ukraine's Marine Corps along NATO standards during his tenure.[6]

Commander of Joint Forces

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In mid-February 2024 he was appointed as the commander of the Ukrainian joint forces at the front line. Sodol's appointment followed the dismissal of Valerii Zaluzhnyi from his role as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[6]

Complaints

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On 23 June 2024, Lieutenant Colonel Bohdan Krotevych, one of the commanders of the Azov Brigade, filed an official complaint with the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Krotevych has called for an investigation into the actions of an unnamed military general, accusing him of causing more Ukrainian soldier casualties than any Russian general.[7][8]

While Krotevych did not disclose the general's name in his statement, sources from Ukrainska Pravda suggested that the general in question was Sodol.[8]

For a long time before his dismissal, the People's Deputy Maryana Bezuhla was calling Sodol in interviews and on social media a "criminal" and a "murderer" on a daily basis.[9]

On 26 June, The Washington Post published an article, which, according to them, published statements from Krotevych's letter to the SBI. The letter stated that Sodol did not lead the defence of Mariupol and did not spend an any hour in the city, but was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine; that Sodol did not supply the Azov Brigade with ammunition or build defences in Mariupol before the offensive; that when one of the superiors in the city asked Sodol for instructions, Sodol replied: "We are finished" and hung up; that Sodol recently ordered Azov to advance without artillery ammunition and that when arguments were made as to why this was not possible, an internal investigation was launched against the Azov commander; and that Sodol's decisions led to the deaths of thousands of soldiers, resulting in a weak position on the frontline and the loss of a large amount of territory. [10]

Also, according to Ukrainska Pravda, Sodol as commander of Khortytsia operational-strategic group was responsible for preparing the defence before the repeated Russian offensive on Kharkiv oblast. Sodol also was in charge of the amphibious operation to establish a bridgehead on the Dnieper in 2023, with fighting taking place at the village of Krynky in the Kherson Oblast. By June 2024, the operation failed and the Ukrainian marines took heavy casualties.[4]

On 29 June, the Ukrainian media Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing its own sources, that the SBI had replied to Krotevych that it would check General Sodol's actions during the Russian offensive.[11] Earlier, on 28 June, Krotevych stated that he had received a response from the SBI, but was dissatisfied with it.[12]

Dismissal

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On 24 June 2024, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the replacement of Lieutenant General Yurii Sodol as the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Brigadier General Andrii Hnatov was appointed as his successor.[13] Hnatov's appointment was positively received by Krotevych, who described him as a decent military officer.[14]

On 1 November, according to Ukrainska pravda and Maryana Bezuhla, Yurii Sodol was dismissed from military service based on the conclusion of a military medical board. [15]

Awards

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References

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  17. ^ Указ Президента України від 22 січня 2015 року № 26/2015. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 22 January 2015 no. 26/2015 (in Ukrainian).
  18. ^ Указ президента Украины от 14 жовтня 2014 года № 807/2014. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 14 October 2014 no. 807/2014 (in Ukrainian).
  19. ^ Указ президента Украины от 3 грудня 2010 года № 1064/2010. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 3 December 2010 no. 1064/2010 (in Ukrainian).
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