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Yurii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi was a Ukrainian colonel of Sosnytsia Regiment during Cossack Hetmanate in 1648-1649.

Yurii Khmelnytsky, brother of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky was also a colonel of Sosnytsia Regiment in 1648 and until it was dissolved in 1649. Tsardom of Russia, Bryansk Voivode Nikofor Meshchersky in a letter to Alexis of Russia received on 11 November 1648, mentions a letter from Bohdan to his brother Yurii. While Bohdan was continuing his campaign toward Warsaw, Yurii was ordered to remain in Sosnytsia and neighboring cities of Novhorod-Siverskyi, Starodub and Pochep. His regiment was to guard grain and to scout for enemy forces. In the cossack register of 1649, he is listed in Chernihiv Regiment, not holding any rank. His name was also given as Yusko, Iosko.