Senior Russian general shot several times in Moscow
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📌 Key Takeaways
- A senior Russian military official was shot in Moscow early Friday.
- The victim was hospitalized, but details about their condition and identity are scarce.
- This incident is part of a series of attacks on high-ranking military personnel.
- The motive for the shooting remains unknown, with investigations ongoing.
- The frequency of such attacks has raised concerns about internal security in Russia.
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Senior Russian general shot in Moscow Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, a deputy chief of military intelligence, was hospitalized after the shooting, authorities said Friday. Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev in a video released in 2023. Russian Defence Ministry / via Reuters Add NBC News to Google Feb. 6, 2026, 3:43 AM EST / Updated Feb. 6, 2026, 5:09 AM EST By Yuliya Talmazan Listen to this article with a free account 00:00 00:00 A senior Russian military official was shot in Moscow and has been hospitalized, authorities said early Friday, in the latest attack on the country's top military brass. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, a deputy chief of Russian military intelligence, was shot several times by an unknown assailant in a residential building in the northwest of the capital, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. The alleged shooter fled from the scene, the statement said. Investigators have opened a criminal case, and are speaking with eyewitnesses and reviewing surveillance footage, it added. The statement did not detail Alekseyev’s condition or specify who may be behind the attack. Alekseyev, 64, played a prominent role during the mutiny by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in the summer of 2023. He was filmed speaking to Prigozhin and later recorded a video calling the uprising a stab in the back of President Vladimir Putin and an attempted coup. Alekseyev was awarded the Hero of Russia award in 2017, according to state media agency Ria. The shooting comes a day after the latest trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi between the U.S., Ukraine and Russia, whose delegation is led by the chief of military intelligence, Adm. Igor Kostyukov. After the talks, Washington and Moscow announced that they had agreed to reestablish high level military-to-military dialogue, which was suspended in 2021. The shooting of Alekseyev is the latest in a spate of attacks against senior military figures inside Russia, many of which have been blamed on Ukraine. Just over ...