Deputy chief of Russian military intelligence shot and injured

Vladimir Alekseyev was shot Picture: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence has been shot and injured in Moscow in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine.

Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev, 64, was shot several times by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow’s north-west and taken to hospital, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said.