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First pictures from the scene of the attempted assassination of Russian generalAn investigator works outside a residential building where the assassination attempt on Russian Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev took place in Moscow, Russia. Photograph: Anastasia Barashkova\/ReutersA van belonging to the Russian Investigative Committee is parked outside a residential building where the assassination attempt on Russian Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev took place in Moscow, Russia. Photograph: Anastasia Barashkova\/ReutersShare<\/a>Alekseyev’s shooting will be seen as failure to protect key military personnel – snap analysis Russian affairs reporter<\/p>\n Alekseyev\u2019s shooting will be seen as the latest failure of Russia\u2019s security services to protect key military personnel deep inside Russia.<\/p>\n While details of who carried out the attack and how it was organised remain unclear, Russian military bloggers have criticised apparent security lapses, questioning how a gunman was able to enter the apartment building undetected.<\/p>\n When Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, another prominent military official, was killed in December 2024 after an explosive device planted in a scooter detonated as he left his home in Moscow, Vladimir Putin described the killing as a \u201cgravest failure\u201d of Russia\u2019s law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Russia’s Putin being briefed on top general’s assassination attempt, Kremlin says<\/p>\n The Kremlin has just said that special services are looking into the attempted assassination reported this morning, and Russia\u2019s president Vladimir Putin is being briefed on the incident, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.36 EST<\/p>\n ‘Striking’ timing of the shooting prompts Russia to blame Ukraine – snap analysis Russian affairs reporter<\/p>\n The timing of the shooting is striking. It came a day after Russian and Ukrainian delegations \u2013 including Alekseyev\u2019s direct superior, Igor Kostyukov \u2013 met in Abu Dhabi, where both sides spoke of apparent progress in the peace talks.<\/p>\n Some in Moscow swiftly blamed Ukraine<\/a>, alleging without evidence that Kyiv was attempting to derail the talks.<\/p>\n \u201cAn attempt on Alekseyev\u2019s life is the best way to derail these talks, and the only person who stands to benefit in this situation is Volodymyr Zelenskyy,\u201d said Alexei Zhuravlev, a Russian parliamentarian.<\/p>\n He called for those involved to be eliminated, describing Alekseyev as \u201cone of the most authoritative and respected generals in the Russian army.\u201d<\/p>\n Previous peace efforts have broken down over Russia\u2019s maximalist territorial demands on Ukraine, with Moscow repeatedly rejecting Kyiv\u2019s calls for an immediate ceasefire.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.30 EST<\/p>\n Russian news agency Interfax is reporting<\/a> that the investigators are currently looking at CCTV recordings from the crime scene and interrogating eyewitnesses, with early reports that the attacker fired \u201cseveral shots\u201d at Alekseyev.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Moscow’s suspicions are likely to fall on Kyiv as attack on military chief investigated – snap analysis Russian affairs reporter<\/p>\n Alekseyev is a deputy director of Russia\u2019s military intelligence agency, the GRU. He has been widely described as a key figure overseeing the country\u2019s private military companies and was among the senior officials dispatched to negotiate with Yevgeny Prigozhin during the Wagner group\u2019s brief mutiny in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n He is also under US sanctions for his alleged involvement in efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n No party has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion in Moscow is likely to fall on Kyiv. Ukrainian intelligence agencies have targeted dozens of Russian military officers and Russian-installed officials since the start of the war, accusing them of involvement in war crimes.<\/p>\n Little is publicly known about the clandestine networks believed to be behind assassinations and attacks on military infrastructure inside Russia and in Russian-controlled territories.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.50 EST<\/p>\n Morning opening: Deputy chief of Russian military intelligence shot We are opening today\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev was shot several times by an unidentified assailant in Moscow, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement.<\/p>\n She said that Alekseyev was hospitalised. Petrenko didn\u2019t say who could be behind the attack Alekseyev has served as the first deputy head of Russia\u2019s military intelligence since 2011.<\/p>\n AFP noted that several high-ranking military officials have been killed since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive on Ukraine<\/a> in February 2022.<\/p>\n I will bring you more when we have it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s Friday, 6 February 2026, it\u2019s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.<\/p>\n Good morning.<\/p>\n![\"Pjotr](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pjotr_Sauer_.png\")
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