Deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence hospitalised after being shot several times by an unidentified assailant
We are opening today’s live blog with breaking news coming to us from Moscow that a deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded Friday, officials said, in comments reported by AP.
Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev was shot several times by an unidentified assailant in Moscow, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement.
She said that Alekseyev was hospitalised. Petrenko didn’t say who could be behind the attack Alekseyev has served as the first deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence since 2011.
AFP noted that several high-ranking military officials have been killed since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive on Ukraine in February 2022.
