A senior Russian military officer, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, was rushed to hospital after being shot in Moscow on Friday, investigators said, in the latest of a series of attacks on top military officials.

The agency said in a statement that the general had been taken to hospital and the suspect remained unidentified. A career military officer, Lt Gen Alekseyev is the first deputy chief of the Russian general staff,

A Russian general serving as deputy head of Russian military intelligence was shot and seriously wounded in Moscow on Friday, officials said – the latest in a series of attacks on top military figures.

Shooting of Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev marks the latest high-profile hit on Russia’s military leaders.

In Moscow, an unknown assailant carried out an attempted assassination of Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, First Deputy Head of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU). Alexeyev has been

Alekseev is the first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU), serving in the role since 2011. He was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2016 for organizing " malicious cyber activities " during the U.

A senior Russian military official, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, was rushed to hospital after being shot in Moscow on Friday, state media reported, citing