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.

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.

The state-awarded hero of Russia, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Mikhail Gudkov, was killed in the Kursk region, according to the Astra Telegram channel and the Russian Defense Ministry. At first,