LONDON — Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeyev, a high-ranking Protection Ministry official, was shot and injured in an ambush-style assault on Friday in a residential space of Moscow, in keeping with the Investigative Committee of Russia and state-affiliated media.
“In accordance with investigators, on Feb. 6, 2026, in a residential constructing situated on Volokolamskoye Freeway in Moscow, an as-yet-unidentified particular person fired a number of pictures at a person and fled the scene,” Svetlana Petrenko, the committee’s spokesperson, stated in Russian on the Telegram messaging app.
A police officer comes out of a residential constructing the place the assassination try occurred in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 6, 2026.
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The sufferer was transported to an area hospital, Petrenko stated. She didn’t instantly describe the extent of his accidents.
State-affiliated information outlet TASS recognized the sufferer as Alexeyev, including {that a} legal investigation had been launched.
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