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Russian GRU General Vladimir Alekseyev is in critical condition after being shot in Moscow, signaling a brazen escalation in the covert war between Russia and Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has arrived on the doorsteps of Moscow’s elite. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, a shadowy architect of Russia’s spy operations, lies in critical condition after being gunned down in his own apartment stairwell.
In a chilling escalation of the shadow war between Moscow and Kyiv, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, the deputy director of the GRU (Russia’s military intelligence), was shot multiple times by an unknown assailant in northwest Moscow. The attack, executed with professional precision in the stairwell of his home, has sent shockwaves through the Kremlin. Alekseyev is not just a soldier; he is a key pillar of Putin’s regime, responsible for orchestrating covert operations, assassinations, and sabotage across Europe.
Alekseyev’s resume reads like a catalogue of modern hybrid warfare. He was instrumental in planning the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has been sanctioned by the US and UK for interference in elections and the 2018 Salisbury Novichok poisonings. More recently, he was the point man sent to negotiate with Yevgeny Prigozhin during the Wagner Group’s mutiny, marking him as a trusted fixer for the Russian President.
While no group has officially claimed responsibility, the finger of suspicion points squarely at Kyiv. Ukrainian intelligence services have openly vowed to hunt down Russian officers involved in war crimes, and this hit—deep inside the Russian capital—demonstrates a terrifying reach. "This is a message," says a security analyst. "No one is safe, not even in the heart of Moscow."
This assassination attempt signifies a new, dangerous phase of the conflict where the battlefield has no borders. For the Russian generals who once directed the war from the safety of their offices, the immunity is gone. The hunter has become the hunted.
As Alekseyev fights for his life in a Moscow hospital, the message is clear: the ghosts of the war in Ukraine have crossed the border, and they are armed.
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