Lieutenant General Alekseyev, number 2 within the GRU, was attacked in Moscow and urgently transported to the hospital. His condition is unknown.

General Lieutenant Alekseyev, the second most important person within the military intelligence service (GRU), was the victim of an attack in a residential building in north-west Moscow. After the incident, he was urgently transported to the hospital, but information about his health status remains unknown. This is the latest case of a high-ranking military official targeted in the Russian capital since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, which took place almost four years ago. Alekseyev was included on the European Union's sanctions list following accusations that the GRU was behind the 2018 nerve agent attack in Salisbury, United Kingdom.