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Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev was shot multiple times in an attack amid a series of assassinations targeting senior Russian officers, with Moscow blaming Ukraine for the violence.
- On Friday, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev was shot multiple times in Moscow and rushed to hospital, Russian media and Telegram channels reported.
- Alekseev, a senior GRU officer, is first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff and led Syria intelligence operations and talks with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2023.
- According to SHOT and Baza, the attacker waited on Volokolamskoye Highway near a residential building and shot Alekseev in the back several times, while Russia's Investigative Committee said `an unidentified individual fired several shots` before fleeing.
- A criminal case under attempted murder and illegal firearms charges was initiated, with Russia's Investigative Committee saying `Investigative actions and operational search measures are being carried out to identify the person or persons involved`, while Ukraine remains not officially linked and yet to comment.
- Since Moscow's full-scale offensive in 2022, multiple senior Russian officers have been targeted, including Fanil Sarvarov and Igor Kirillov, with Kyiv claiming responsibility for some hits.
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Russian intelligence officer shot, wounded in Moscow
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Russian General Shot In Moscow As Kremlin Blames Ukraine
A senior Russian military intelligence official was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday, prompting accusations from the Kremlin that Ukraine was behind what it called a terrorist attack. Russian investigators said Vladimir Alekseyev, a deputy head of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, was struck by multiple gunshots inside an apartment building. The attacker fled, and Alekseyev was hospitalized.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov bla…
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