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 keeping with investigators, on Feb. 6, 2026, in a residential constructing positioned on Volokolamskoye Freeway in Moscow, an as-yet-unidentified particular person fired a number of photographs 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 befell 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} felony investigation had been launched.
“Particular providers are presently doing their job,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated. “In fact, this has been reported to the pinnacle of state. We want the final a speedy restoration.”
ABC Information’ Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.
