94Ha ViewpointAccording to Russian media reports on the 3rd, the headquarters of Mikhail Gudkov, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, who has been confirmed dead, was attacked by enemy missiles at the time of the incident.
The Russian “Argumenty and Fact” weekly website reported that a field headquarters of the Russian Marine Corps in the border town of Korenevo in Kursk Oblast was attacked by at least 4 enemy missiles, and Gudkov was at the command post at the time. According to Russian Lenta.com on the 3rd, Ukrainian radio reconnaissance personnel may have learned the location of the above headquarters, and there may be enemy spies in the Russian military station. At present, the above report has not been confirmed by the Russian authorities.
The Ministry of Defense issued a notice on social media on the 3rd saying that Gudkov, who was in charge of coastal and land forces affairs, was killed in a battle in a certain area on the border of Kursk Oblast on the 2nd.
On the same day, Kozhemyako, the chief executive of the Russian Primorsky Krai, said on social media that Gudkov and several other Russian officers were killed while performing missions in Kursk Oblast a few days ago. He said that Gudkov had served as the commander of the 155th Independent Marine Brigade of the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet. The fleet’s main base is located in Vladivostok, the capital of Russia’s Primorsky Krai.
According to Russian media reports on the 3rd, Gudkov was born on January 11, 1983. He graduated from the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School and the Russian Federation Armed Forces Combined Arms Academy. He began serving as the Russian Navy’s Deputy Commander-in-Chief in March 2025.
