Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik

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Killed April 25, 2025

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

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As of May 2026: Killed by car bomb near Moscow, April 25, 2025

A car bomb killed Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov in southern Moscow on December 22, 2025—the latest in a series of targeted assassinations of Russian military officials. Sarvarov, who headed the training department within Russia's general staff, was blown up in the capital city itself, a brazen escalation of Ukraine's shadow war behind Russian lines. Two days later, another bombing in the same Moscow district killed two police officers and the attacker, raising questions about whether the incidents are connected.

Updated May 16