BREAKING: Deputy commander of Russian Navy killed in Ukrainian strike in Kursk, Russian official confirms

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.

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.

Gudkov, the deputy commander of the Russian Navy, was killed in the border district of Korenevo, according to Kozhemyako.

Gudkov also led a brigade involved in combat operations against Ukraine. His death reportedly occurred during a Ukrainian attack on a Russian command post.

Ukraine has not officially commented on the reports.

Arrests, raids, beaten and bloodied suspects — how Russia-Azerbaijan relations have unravelled

Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and Azerbaijan, once considered close, have sharply deteriorated in recent days amid a series of high-profile incidents. The latest tensions erupted over the weekend when Russian law enforcement officers detained over 50 Azerbaijani

The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy