Overview
- Russian investigators opened a criminal case for attempted murder and illegal weapons possession and are reviewing CCTV footage and witness statements.
- State media report Alekseyev, 64, is hospitalized in serious condition in intensive care after being shot inside a residential building in northwest Moscow.
- The gunman remains unidentified and at large, with Kommersant reporting the assailant posed as a delivery person before fleeing.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was briefed and called for tighter protection of senior military figures, while Ukraine has not commented.
- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested Ukrainian involvement linked to the timing of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, as the case joins a pattern of attacks on Russian security officials since 2022; Alekseyev has served as GRU first deputy since 2011 and is sanctioned by the U.S. and EU.