Russian senior intelligence official Lt Gen Alekseev shot in Moscow, FM Lavrov blames Ukraine
Published on: Feb. 7, 2026, 4:20 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
MOSCOW, Feb 6: In a suspected assassination attempt, Russian Defence Ministry Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev was shot in an apartment building in Moscow, leaving him hospitalised. Condemning the attack as a Ukraine backed conspiracy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called it a deliberate sabotage attempt by Kyiv to derail the ongoing settlement negotiations by resorting to terror tactics. The first deputy chief of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), Alekseev was shot several times in the back outside his residence in […]
