Deputy commander of Russian Navy killed in Ukrainian strike in Kursk
According to the governor of Russia's Primorsky Krai, Gudkov, a high-ranking Russian naval officer, was killed in the district of Korenevo, which borders Ukraine.
Russian and Ukrainian military Telegram channels had earlier reported that Gudkov had been killed along with 10 other servicemen in a Ukrainian attack on a command post.
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