Russian general Vladimir Alexeev wounded in apparent assassination attempt in Moscow
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Russian authorities say Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeev was shot at his Moscow home and is in intensive care; the Interior Ministry opened a criminal case and senior officials blamed Ukraine for the attack, while journalists note several previous attempts on defence officers since the war began.
Russian officials reported that Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeev, deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (formerly the GRU), was shot early on Feb. 7 at a private residence on Volokolamskoye highway in Moscow and remains in intensive care in serious condition.
The bulletin said the attacker fired multiple times around 7 a.m. and fled the scene. Law-enforcement agencies have opened a criminal case, and hospital reports — cited by the program — said Alexeev sustained injuries to vital organs.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov publicly accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack. The Kremlin press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said during wartime senior military officers are under heightened threat and that protecting them is a task for the security services.
The program placed the shooting in a wider context, noting journalists have counted this as at least the eighth attempt on Russian Ministry of Defense officers since the start of the full-scale war, and that six earlier attacks resulted in deaths. The report cited archival footage of Alexeev participating in negotiations during the June 2023 Wagner mutiny and referenced investigative reporting that described him as involved with coordination of volunteer or paramilitary formations.
