Russian military intelligence chief shot and injured in Moscow attack

A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence has been shot and injured in Moscow in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine.

Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev, 64, was shot several times by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow’s north-west and taken to hospital, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said.

Ms Petrenko did not say who could be behind the attack on Lt Gen Alekseyev, who has served as the first deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence since 2011.

He was decorated with the Hero of Russia medal for his role in Moscow’s military campaign in Syria and in June 2023 was filmed speaking to mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin when his Wagner Group seized the military headquarters in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don during his botched mutiny.

The shooting came a day after Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators wrapped up two days of talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the nearly four-year conflict in Ukraine.

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