Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev was immediately taken to hospital after the attack in a residential block of flats on the north-western outskirts of the Russian capital and his condition is unknown.
Alexeyev is number two in the main directorate of Russia’s GRU military intelligence and the latest high-ranking military figure to have been targeted in the capital since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began almost four years ago.
He was placed under European Union and UK sanctions after the GRU was accused of being behind the 2018 nerve agent attack in Salisbury in the UK.
He survived. Sad times.
There’s always next time.
Its what he gets for not going up in tall buildings.
Clearly a suicide attempt.
Cool 🎈🎉🎊
Thank you for sharing this joyous Friday news, OP.
not joyous enough. If he was a normal person shit like this would be posted in “uplifting news”
What’s his face was shot but ✨💖 He Survived 💖✨
Here’s hoping him and Mitch McConnell share a cramped room in hell…
I think mitch hit the ditch years ago. What we see is just a dead husk, powered by the delicious licks of fascist boots (and no doubt the raging racism that also breaths it life).
Several, but not enough, times. I hope hospital negligence will fix that.
Russian medical care is worse than no care at all.
I think that all depends on who wants you to live versus who wants you to die.
Regular person, it’s going to be better than nothing.
A general? Really really is going to depend
Navalny was saved by excellent medical care.
The doctors and emt that saved him, administerng atropine on the scene, later died of mysterious heart ailments. Despite being virile healthy men.
I think that all depends on who wants you to live versus who wants you to die.
Regular person, it’s going to be better than nothing.
A general? Really really is going to depend
the russian healthcare system is one of the best in the world, that’s why Jordan Peterson chose there for his drug addiction recuperation coma. /s
if only Russia could just be normal, it could have actually become a great nation
Russia always amazes me in that they’ve never had a leader who was both competent and sane.
As always a bunch of greedy and murderous rich thugs are very effective at fucking everything up. An eternal story really.
I hope he doesn’t make it.
A bullet must be preferable to a window
Hated by his own people.
I’ll assume that this wasn’t the Ukrainians, because they’d have finished the job.
He’s the second in command of the GRU - he would be a priority target for the GUR and would not go anywhere without a bodyguard somewhere near.
Assassins of any origin have life plans too, they don’t want to be pinned down into a firefight with people who have lots of backup coming fast. The assassin did his job, which may yet prove successful, and did his best to get out fast.
Very high chance Putin did this over a disagreement.
That’s not Putin’s handwriting.
Not enough windows and polonium
Was it a Ukraine supporter or was this attempted suicide?
He fell down.
Obvious suicide.
