Deputy head of Russian navy killed by Ukraine in Kursk, Moscow says | Russia-Ukraine war News

Mikhail Gudkov, 42, is one of the most senior Russian commanders to have died in the war.

The deputy head of the Russian navy, Mikhail Gudkov, has been killed in Russia’s Kursk region, the country’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed. He is one of the most senior Russian commanders to have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.

The 42-year-old Gudkov, who was appointed to the position by Russian President Vladimir Putin in March,…