A senior Russian intelligence officer was shot in the capital city of Moscow, leaving him wounded. The suspect responsible for the attack, a Russian man in his sixties, has been arrested in Dubai and handed over to Russia, according to the FSB security service.
The suspect's arrest followed his flight from the UAE after fleeing the country, while another individual suspected of being an accomplice was apprehended in Moscow, with a third escaping to Ukraine. The recent wave of assassinations targeting high-ranking Russian military officials has raised tensions between Russia and its neighboring countries.
Vladimir Alekseyev, deputy head of the GRU military intelligence service, was shot in a Moscow apartment on Friday and is currently undergoing medical treatment. His alleged involvement in cyberattacks and a nerve agent attack on British defector Sergei Skripal in 2018 has led to Western sanctions against him.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has blamed Ukraine for the shooting, citing the country's history of targeting high-ranking Russian military officials since the start of the war in February 2022. However, Kyiv has declined to comment on the matter.
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for several assassinations of senior Russian military officers since the conflict began. The FSB has accused Ukraine of orchestrating the shooting of Alekseyev, who is now in the care of Russian medical staff.
The suspect's arrest followed his flight from the UAE after fleeing the country, while another individual suspected of being an accomplice was apprehended in Moscow, with a third escaping to Ukraine. The recent wave of assassinations targeting high-ranking Russian military officials has raised tensions between Russia and its neighboring countries.
Vladimir Alekseyev, deputy head of the GRU military intelligence service, was shot in a Moscow apartment on Friday and is currently undergoing medical treatment. His alleged involvement in cyberattacks and a nerve agent attack on British defector Sergei Skripal in 2018 has led to Western sanctions against him.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has blamed Ukraine for the shooting, citing the country's history of targeting high-ranking Russian military officials since the start of the war in February 2022. However, Kyiv has declined to comment on the matter.
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for several assassinations of senior Russian military officers since the conflict began. The FSB has accused Ukraine of orchestrating the shooting of Alekseyev, who is now in the care of Russian medical staff.
. Russia's at it again, playing chicken with Ukraine and Western countries over some old dude's alleged cybercrime and nerve agent attacks... meanwhile, the FSB thinks they can just point fingers at someone else without actually addressing their own security issues? 
And what's up with these assassinations targeting high-ranking officials? Its like Putin's trying to create some sort of Russian spy thriller... but honestly, its just sad that this is how geopolitics has become. The 90s would've had a much more diplomatic way of handling this kind of thing 
. I'm still waiting for the next Bond movie to come out so I can watch someone else take down all these bad guys 
... Russia's been through so much already with that war and all... it seems like they're getting some payback from Ukraine 
... but honestly, I don't think we'll ever know for sure who's behind these attacks or why 
. It just seems like things are escalating on both sides and it's hard to see how this is going to end without someone getting hurt 
... meanwhile, poor Alekseyev, he was just doing his job and got caught in the crossfire 
... my heart goes out to him and his family 
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just read about this Russian intel officer getting shot and I cant help but feel like its a really bad sign for global politics 
. These assassinations are super worrying and its not just russia vs ukraine, its like everyone's on edge now 
. anyhoo, hoping for some peaceful resolutions soon 
. I mean, what's going on with Ukraine and Russia? It's like they're playing some kind of game where no one wins 
. And what's with the FSB accusing Ukraine of orchestrating this whole thing? It's like they're trying to cover their own tracks 
. I'm just worried about the consequences, you know? More tensions, more fighting... it's like we'll never see peace in this region again 
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It's like they're trying to deflect from their own problems. I get that tensions are running high, but assassinations are just so... dramatic. Like, what's next? Sending in a team of highly trained ninjas to take out their enemies? 
... like Russia thought they could just keep messing around with their spies and get away with it? 
some dude gets shot in Moscow and suddenly all these other folks start getting targeted? sounds fishy to me... and what's up with the FSB saying Ukraine did it, but Kyiv not commenting? 
. I mean, we all know Ukraine has a history of targeting high-ranking Russian military officials, but does that really justify Russia accusing them now? It's just a classic case of deflecting attention from its own cybercrime and espionage activities 
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