Major General Mikhail Gudkov, the deputy head of the Russian Navy who also led a brigade fighting against Ukraine, has been killed in Russia's Kursk region, Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of a far eastern Russian region,

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.

Russian Defense Ministry says Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Mikhail Gudkov was killed during combat operations in one of border areas of Kursk region - Anadolu Ajansı