A Western-sanctioned Russian military intelligence chief has been rushed to hospital after being repeatedly shot.

Alexeyev is the latest high-ranking military figure to be targeted in Moscow since the Russia-Ukraine war nearly four years ago

A Russian general was shot and injured in a Moscow apartment building, officials have said, in the latest apparent assassination attempt of a top Russian military figure.

Russia’s Investigative Committee said an “unidentified individual fired several shots” at Vladimir Alekseyev before fleeing the scene

A Russian senior military intelligence officer has been wounded in an alleged assassination attempt.

A top Russian military intelligence official was shot in his Moscow apartment building and rushed to hospital on Friday, investigators said, the latest in a series of assassination attempts Russia has blamed on ‌Ukraine. An unidentified gunman fired several shots at Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy head of the GRU, Russia's…

Lt General Vladimir Alexeyev is the latest high-ranking military figure to be targeted in the capital since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The No. 2 officer at the Russian military intelligence agency known as GRU was shot and wounded in Moscow, in what investigators called an assassination attempt.