{"id":2565614,"date":"2026-02-06T06:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-deputy-chief-of-russian-military-intelligence-was-shot-and-wounded-in-moscow\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T06:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:46:31","slug":"a-deputy-chief-of-russian-military-intelligence-was-shot-and-wounded-in-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-deputy-chief-of-russian-military-intelligence-was-shot-and-wounded-in-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-deputy-chief-of-russian-military-intelligence-was-shot-and-wounded-in-moscow%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2565614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A deputy chief of Russia\u2019s military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, 64, who has served as the first deputy head of Russia\u2019s military intelligence as 2011, was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hit multiple times<\/a> at an apartment building in Moscow\u2019s northwest and hospitalized. Investigators did not identify the attacker, and authorities noted that the assault follows a string of senior military officer killings Moscow attributes to Ukraine. Alekseyev is a decorated veteran who received the Hero of Russia medal for his work in Syria and was seen with Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin during the Rostov-on-Don mutiny. President Putin was informed, and the Kremlin said law enforcement should increase protection for senior military figures amid the war in Ukraine. The shooting comes amid other high-profile killings blamed on or claimed by various parties, including the December car bombing of Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov and the April killing of Lt.Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, with Ukraine\u2019s security services later claiming duty for at least some such attacks; Ukraine has not yet commented on Alekseyev. The incident occurred as russia, Ukraine, and the United States were concluding talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the nearly four-year conflict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2496075\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>MOSCOW (AP) &mdash; A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-explosion-police-moscow-dfe6caee0f0087ff5866dd9df1d85edd\">series of assassinations<\/a>&nbsp;of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-africa-president-country-returning-to-calm\/\" title=\"South Africa President: Country returning to calm\">senior military officers<\/a> that Russia has blamed on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, 64 was shot several time by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow&rsquo;s northwest and hospitalized, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4448175\/mary-peltola-alaska-senate-climate-gop\/\">&#8216;Not Alaska First&#8217;: Peltola&#8217;s Green New Deal allies draw scrutiny in Alaska Senate bid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4448389\/two-narco-terrorists-killed-in-latest-military-strike-in-eastern-pacific\/\">Two &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-people-killed-in-latest-military-strike-against-narco-terrorists-in-caribbean\/\" title=\"Three people ... in ... against \u2018narco-terrorists\u2019 in Caribbean\u00a0\">narco-terrorists&#038;rsquo<\/a>; killed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-launches-airstrikes-after-multiple-service-members-injured-in-attack\/\" title=\"U.S. conducts airstrikes in response to attack on service members\">latest military strike<\/a> in Eastern Pacific<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4441093\/trump-signs-minibus-spending-bill-billions-dollars-earmarks\/\">Trump signs minibus spending bill with $6.5 billion in earmarks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Petrenko didn&rsquo;t say who could be behind the attack on Alekseyev, who has served as the first deputy head of Russia&rsquo;s military intelligence since 2011. He was decorated with the Hero of Russia medal for his role in Moscow&rsquo;s military campaign in Syria and in June 2023 was filmed speaking to mercenary chief&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-group-russia-crash-9982e25668efbf2863a4793fde65c03f\">Yevgeny Prigozhin<\/a>&nbsp;when his Wagner Group seized the military headquarters in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don during his botched mutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting came a day after Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators wrapped up&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-us-talks-abu-dhabi-e9307c98b7ec337a3364ed9de28e6eca\">two days of talks<\/a>&nbsp;in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the nearly&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">four-year conflict<\/a>&nbsp;in Ukraine. The Russian delegation was led by the military intelligence chief, Adm. Igor Kostyukov.<\/p>\n<p>President Vladimir Putin was informed about the attack, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who added that law enforcement agencies need to step up protection of senior military officers during the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine nearly four years ago, Russian authorities have blamed Kyiv for&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-killings-generals-69aa3fa728d3704f2943319d2bf3491f\">several assassinations<\/a>&nbsp;of military officers and public figures in Russia. Ukraine has claimed responsibility for some of them. It has not yet commented on the shooting of Alekseyev.<\/p>\n<p>In December, a car bomb killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces&rsquo; General Staff.<\/p>\n<p>In April, another senior Russian military officer, Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car parked near his apartment building just outside Moscow. A suspected perpetrator was quickly arrested.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4444520\/new-start-treaty-russia-nuclear-weapons-expired\/\">US-RUSSIA NUCLEAR TREATY TO EXPIRE AS ATTENTION TURNS TO CHINA&rsquo;S EXPANDING ARSENAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Days after Moskalik&rsquo;s killing, Ukraine&rsquo;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he received a report from the head of Ukraine&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-5-intelligence-agencies-meeting-in-delhi-india\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show 5 Intelligence Agencies Meeting In Delhi, India?\">foreign intelligence agency<\/a> on the &ldquo;liquidation&rdquo; of top Russian military figures, adding that &ldquo;justice inevitably comes&rdquo; although he didn&rsquo;t mention Moskalik&rsquo;s name.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military&rsquo;s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-explosion-head-of-nuclear-defense-forces-killed-9656bce946a9f552454df9debe5fbd18\">was killed<\/a>&nbsp;by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building. Kirillov&rsquo;s assistant also died.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-killings-bomb-shooting-f456551684132c9ccee1420df8b9b282\">Ukraine&rsquo;s security service<\/a>&nbsp;claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian intel deputy chief shot in Moscow; wounded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2565615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Russian-intelligence-chief-shot.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[73062,73061,50839,4280,4300],"class_list":["post-2565614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-deputy-chief","tag-gru","tag-moscow-2","tag-russia","tag-shooting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Russian-intelligence-chief-shot.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2565614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565620,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565614\/revisions\/2565620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2565615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2565614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2565614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2565614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}