"The No. 2 officer at the Russian military intelligence agency known as GRU was shot and wounded in Moscow, in what investigators called an assassination attempt. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev was hospitalized on February 6 after being shot several times, including in the back, the Investigative Committee said in a statement. He was hospitalized in unknown condition. The gunmen fled the scene, the committee said. Unconfirmedmedia reports said Alexeyev was shot on the stairwell of his apartment building as he was leaving."
"Alexeyev is deputy commander of the GRU, the Defense Ministry's intelligence agency that itself is known for audacious operations ranging from sabotage, assassination, espionage, and cyberattacks. Alexeyev has been implicated by Britain in the 2018 near-fatal Novichok poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain. A British woman died after being inadvertently exposed to the poison. If confirmed Alexeyev was the target of an assassination attempt, it would be the latest in a series of attacks on top Russian military officials -- many in Moscow. Suspicion for the attacks has fallen in large part on Ukrainian intelligence agencies, who have pulled off their own audacious sabotage and assassination operations inside of Russia in recent years."
Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy commander of the GRU, was shot and hospitalized in Moscow on February 6 after being shot several times, including in the back. Investigators called the incident an assassination attempt and said the gunmen fled. Unconfirmed media reports said he was shot on the stairwell of his apartment building as he was leaving. The GRU conducts sabotage, assassination, espionage, and cyberattacks. Britain implicated Alexeyev in the 2018 Novichok poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal, which also led to a British woman's death. The shooting follows a series of attacks on senior Russian military officials, many in Moscow, that have drawn suspicion toward Ukrainian intelligence agencies.
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