A Russian general was shot in Moscow and hospitalized, in response to Russia’s state-owned navy TV channel Zvezda, citing the nation’s Investigative Committee.
An unknown attacker fired a number of photographs at a person in a residential constructing on Volokolamskoye Highway in Moscow and fled the scene, the Russian Investigative Committee spokesperson mentioned in an announcement on Friday.
The sufferer, recognized by Russian state media as Defense Ministry Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev has been transferred to a metropolis hospital.
The Russian Investigative Committee mentioned its officers are on the scene and it has opened a legal case relating to the “attempted murder.”
Alekseyev is the primary deputy head of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, the GRU, in response to a 2025 report by the US Congressional Research Service.
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