Russia has lost one of the most senior officers killed of its war in Ukraine to date, it confirmed Thursday morning, in what Ukrainian media claims was a strike with U.S.-made HIMARS missiles.

The Russian Ministry of Defence has confirmed earlier reports that 42-year-old Major General Mikhail Evgenievich Gudkov, Hero of the Russian Federation, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for coastal and ground forces was killed in action.

Ukrainian state media reports the General is believed to have been killed by a Ukrainian HIMARS strike in the Kursk region. HIMARS, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, is a lightweight, airmobile…

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