Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, promoted to deputy head of the Russian Navy just a few months earlier, died in an apparent Ukrainian strike.

Ukrainian media outlets had earlier reported the major general's death in a HIMARS strike, citing pro-Russian military bloggers. Now, Russia's Ministry of Defense and the Governor of Primorye Oleg Kozhemyako have confirmed the loss of Gudkov.

Deputy head of the Russian Navy Major General Mikhail Gudkov, who had led a brigade fighting against Ukraine, was killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russia's southern Kursk region, the Russian Defence Ministry confirmed on Thursday.

The Trump administration is pausing some weapons shipments to Ukraine, including air defense missiles, following a review of military spending and American support to foreign countries, a senior White House official told CNN.

As Russia ramps up missile attacks, US halts promised air defense shipments to Ukraine North Korea to send up to 30,000 more troops to aid Russia's war against Ukraine, CNN reports Ukraine denies another Russian claim of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast breakthrough,

Are Russia's most advanced fighter-bombers actually safe, even hundreds of miles from the combat zone? The recent Ukrainian drone attack on Marinovka airfield reopened controversy over Russia's much-touted Su-34 fleet vulnerability and the revamping balance of air power in Eastern Europe.