Vladimir Alekseyev Shot in Moscow Assassination Attempt
Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, deputy head of Russia's GRU intelligence, was shot and critically wounded in his Moscow apartment on Friday.Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed Ukraine for the assassination attempt, calling it a terrorist act meant to derail peace negotiations in Abu Dhabi.This shooting follows a series of assassinations of senior Russian military officers, including the recent deaths of
Fanil Sarvarov and
Igor Kirillov.