Russia says man suspected of shooting top general has been detained in Dubai

In this image made from video and provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on June 23, 2023, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev speaks to servicemen in an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

A Ukrainian-born Russian citizen has been extradited to Moscow from Dubai on suspicion of gravely injuring one of Russia's most senior military intelligence officers, Russian security officials and investigators said on Sunday.

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy head of Russia's vast GRU military intelligence service, was shot three times on Friday with a Makarov pistol equipped with a silencer in an apartment block on the Volokolamsk highway in northern Moscow, according to investigators.