According to the latest statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defense, on July 2nd local time, Lieutenant General Gudkov, the Deputy Commander in Charge of Coastal and Land Warfare for the Russian Navy, was killed while conducting combat operations in the border region of Kursk Oblast. (CCTV International News)
Russian Navy Deputy Commander Killed in Kursk Oblast Attack
△Lieutenant General Mikhail Gudkov (Archive Photo)
It has been reported that on July 3rd local time, the Administrative Governor of the Primorsky Krai revealed on social media that Lieutenant General Mikhail Gudkov, along with another officer, Narim Marin Shkaryayev, was killed during a mission in Kursk Oblast.
Russia’s Kursk Oblast borders Ukraine. Shortly before this, there were reports indicating that Gudkov and ten other military personnel had died in an attack on the Korenev command post in the Kursk region, Ukraine. (Reporters Wang Bin and Wang Delu)
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has drawn multifaceted power struggles.