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A deputy commander of Russia's navy has been killed in a Ukrainian strike in Kursk Oblast, a Russian official confirmed on July 3.
Main Common Mikhail Yevgenyevich Gudkov was killed alongside his deputy and several other different Russian troopers, Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of Russia's Primorsky Krai, mentioned in a submit on social media.
In keeping with Russian milbloggers, 22 individuals in complete have been killed on account of a Ukrainian HIMARS strike in Russia's Kursk Oblast bordering Ukraine. Kyiv has but to touch upon the assault.
Gudkov was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy in March 2025. Previous to that, he led the a hundred and fifty fifth Separate Marine Brigade, which has been concerned in fight operations in opposition to Ukraine.
He held the titles of Hero of Russia and Hero of Primorye, Russia's far jap area the place he beforehand served, Kozhemyako mentioned.
HIMARS, whose prowess turned a preferred motif of internet memes, was a game-changer for Ukraine once they first arrived in the summertime of 2022.
Initially equipped with GMLRS rockets with a variety of around 70 kilometers, they allowed Ukraine to focus on Russian forces on the opposite aspect of the entrance line far more accurately than that they had beforehand.
Within the fall of 2023, the U.S. started supplying Kyiv with an older mannequin of ATACMS – fired from HIMARS launchers – with a variety of round 165 kilometers, significantly rising the vary that Ukraine might strike inside.
Russia's high-ranking army officers have been killed frequently all through the full-scale invasion — a latest report from BBC Russia recognized ten generals 10 generals and 524 lieutenant colonels and colonels.
Ukrainian forces launched a cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast in August 2024, making it the primary large-scale invasion of Russian territory by overseas troops since World Struggle II. The transfer was meant to disrupt a deliberate Russian offensive concentrating on Ukraine's Sumy Oblast and to alleviate strain on the Donetsk entrance.
Since then, Ukraine claims it has inflicted 63,402 Russian troop casualties within the oblast, together with 25,625 killed and 971 captured. Ukrainian forces additionally say they’ve destroyed or broken over 5,664 items of Russian army tools within the space.
Russia retook a lot of the misplaced territory throughout a renewed offensive in March 2025, supported by North Korean troops.
The Kyiv IndependentChris York