Overview
- General Vladimir Alekseyev, the first deputy to the head of Russia’s military intelligence, was wounded by gunfire in a northwest Moscow residential building and hospitalized.
- The Investigative Committee launched cases for attempted assassination and arms trafficking and dispatched investigators who are examining surveillance recordings.
- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of orchestrating the attack to undermine the Abu Dhabi talks held the previous day, and Kyiv has not responded.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said security services are handling the case and expressed hope that the 64-year-old officer survives and recovers.
- The incident follows a pattern of attacks on Russian military and pro-war figures since 2022, and Alekseyev is a decorated GRU veteran sanctioned in the West over alleged cyber operations and the Skripal poisoning.