Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU)

Force in Play

Primary target of assassination campaign

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, first deputy head of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, was shot three times in his Moscow apartment building on February 6, 2026. He regained consciousness after surgery. The FSB has named Lyubomir Korba and Viktor Vasin as the attackers and says both pleaded guilty. It also arrested Pavel Vasin, Viktor's son, as a third suspect. Kyiv denies involvement.

Updated Oct 31