Deputy commander of Russian Navy killed in Ukrainian strike in Kursk

The deputy commander of the Russian Navy, Major General Mikhail Gudkov, has been killed in a Ukrainian strike in Russia’s Kursk region, officials reported on Thursday.

According to the governor of Russia’s Primorsky Krai, Gudkov, a high-ranking Russian naval officer, was killed in the district of Korenevo, which borders Ukraine.

Russian and Ukrainian military Telegram channels had earlier reported that Gudkov had been killed along with 10 other servicemen in a Ukrainian attack on a command post.

Gudkov previously led the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian army, which has been involved in the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

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