A senior Russian military figure has been wounded in a targeted shooting on the outskirts of Moscow, triggering a high-level security investigation and intensifying fears of a growing internal threat to Russia’s military leadership. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, a senior GRU official and an EU-sanctioned figure, was hospitalized after an armed attack inside a residential complex along Volokolamsk Highway in Moscow’s northwestern district. Russian investigators have opened a criminal case for attempted murder as authorities search for the perpetrators behind what officials are calling a deliberate and coordinated ambush. WATCH
