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

The state-awarded hero of Russia, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Mikhail Gudkov, was killed in the Kursk region, according to the Astra Telegram channel and the Russian Defense Ministry. At first,

(Reuters) - 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.