A high-ranking Russian general serving as deputy commander of the navy was killed during "combat operations" in the Kursk region, officials said.

Major General Mikhail Gudkov, deputy head of the Russian Navy and a former commander of a marine brigade fighting against Ukraine, has been killed in action, depriving Moscow of one of its most senior officers, the Russian military said on Thursday. Gudkov, who was handed a top military honour in the Kremlin by Russian President […]

The Russian Navy's deputy commander Mikhail Gudkov was killed during "combat operations" in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine, officials in Moscow said Thursday. Gudkov, who was promoted by President…

Russian Navy Deputy Head Major General Mikhail Gudkov killed in action during combat in Kursk region, a senior officer lost.

July 3 (UPI) -- The Russian military confirmed today that the leader of the Russian navy was killed near the Ukrainian border.

The Russian defence ministry said Gudkov was killed during “combat work,” but provided no further details, BBC reported

A Ukrainian strike on a Russian command post in the town of Korenevo, located in Russia's Kursk Oblast, has killed Major General Mikhail Gudkov, Deputy Commander of the Russian Navy. His death was confirmed on July 3 by the Governor of Primorsky Krai, Oleg Kozhemyako.

Russia's military announced Thursday that Major Gen. Mikhail Gudkov was killed "during combat operations in one of the border areas of the Kursk region."

The deputy commander of Russia's navy has been killed in a Ukrainian missile strike, the Kremlin has confirmed.  

Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, promoted to deputy head of the Russian Navy just a few months earlier, died in an apparent Ukrainian strike.

A Russian Navy deputy commander, lauded by Putin, has been killed in a strike near the Ukraine frontline.

Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov was reportedly killed by a Ukrainian airstrike on a Russian command post.