Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov is one of the highest-ranking Russian commanders killed in the war. His death comes as the U.S. seeks to pause military aid to Ukraine.

Russian forces have suffered a major blow as Ukraine claims it killed Admiral Mikhail Gudkov, a top Russian naval commander, in a precision missile strike on the Kursk region. Ukrainian officials say the attack targeted a military command post,

A high-ranking Russian naval officer Major General Mikhail Gudkov has been killed in a Ukrainian strike in Russia's Kursk region, Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of Russia's Primorsky Krai confirmed on July 3.