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Russian General attacked: Vladimir Alekseyev in critical state after being shot
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- Published on Mar 5, 2026
- A senior Russian military leader has been shot and wounded in Moscow.
Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyevis in hospital after suffering multiple gunshot wounds early on Friday morning.
He’s the fourth General in more than a year to have been the target of an assassination attempt.
Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova reports from Moscow.
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It is very hard to believe that the security of such a high ranking military officer was so weak to be an easy traget like this. 😮😮😮
They don't live in a gated resident like in the West... Time to reconsider that, I guess.
@natipuffxkid3738In our country hight ranking military officers don't go out like this without a proper guard.
With so many soldiers sent to Ukraine, it's possible that Russia doesn't have many left in Moscow, to work as bodyguards.
@EuroUser1probably you are right.
@EuroUser1 Yes they do have personnel all over the world let alone in Moscow . But did it ever occur to you kids that having a tight grip on Ukraine front does not involved some domestic disputes , do you think that maybe cutting the grass helps it stay in line . You never know , even if Ukraine claims to be behind it they again can use it to boost their own personal moral . You never know these things . Huawei has 3 presidents , they change in order to battle corruption . In war you do it differently , let a guy be there for a year , then he knows too much , he is a liability , before he flees or spills the beans , they get him . Put another one in . This was done for 3000 years . Alexander The Great was poisoned , let alone his generals .
Where was the security
Thanks Aljazeera
Revenge? Oh yeah “Al Jazeeeera” this is a core part of their evil cult!
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Tell us that he is the aide to Russia's chief negotiator in the recently concluded talks.
let me guess................................israel, usa, uk, mossad, cia?
But definitely not the country that Russia is currently in the midst of invading, right?
@MrSlandererwe don't have to name him cause they're a puppet of those above mentioned
@mhr19981Because historically speaking, countries don't normally offer resistance against invasions without outside influence, right?
@jnoelc3297 Wtf, go to Therapy you Shizoprenic 😂
I would guess Ukraine.
Poor general, living in an apartment and getting shot. Get trained in Pakistan ...
Don't they get security? Several high-level officers have been targeted. It seems they live in normal apartments like normal people and don't have any security detail.
I tried to english i know but English
I guess Putin dosen't like failure!
The cause and foundation of the problem is Italy and France Paris, Torino Taranto Sardegna Napoli Napolitano's America Rome?!!!
Rip legend
Indeed, Allah is the Most Patient and the best of Planners.
IS HE ALIVE OR WAS KILLED???
He will eventually meet the devil, shortly too.
Stray bullet
😂😅😂
well if you come in to country and started killing, thats what going to happen. klaming its your territory, how much territory Ukraine was given to russia, kyban, for started ,,Ukraine didn't came and calming back.. dinosaur used to leave on earth to. Boarders changing all the time for a reason. And you should respect boarders like everyone else. Ukraine should be not give an inch to russia,in fact rusiia needs to be push out of all of Urkaine. not dancing around putin .maybe you want that maybe this.?put big ultimatum if not will go with the bang...
Restraint hasn’t worked. Russia, Iran, and China need to stop playing soft in a system that only respects strength.
SOFT! You are living in a dark hole!
Russian politicians are known to eat their own.
Problem is Europe is a bunch of boutique military powers at best there isn’t a country in Europe that could muster a credible army And they know it that’s why European purse swinger militaries won’t say boo to a grasshopper unless they think we Americans will hold their hand while they shout it 🇺🇸
@user-zy3su1gz9c
The divided states of Fentanyl is still strong! Hoooray!
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Well, I'm just broken hearted about this. That's sarcasm by the way.
lets hope the his situation is extremely critical and unstable
Russia is next to Iran and its coordinated operation of Western intelligence
The internet was supposed to bring out a new era of intelligence and wisdom around the world, instead it brought out the dumbest morons that could be scraped up with a bucket. So many people who are unintelligent giving their uninformed opinions it's staggering. If UFOs ever visited this planet they would leave within minutes. No intelligent life forms here. Honestly people if you have to lie to make your point you truly don't have a point to make but I suppose that is your point.
Assassinations are cowardly act, and have generally been deemed a dishonorable way to strike at your enemy. It's like killing someone while they lay in their bed asleep, defenseless and unaware.
Strange that this seems to becoming more and more a regular occurrence.
Just imagine the world if all countries and adversaries would begin to behave in such a way.
War is inherently a dishonorable thing. Don’t wanna get killed? Dont fight a war.
Well russia is famous for assasinatenpeople, novichock anyone?
What do you think Russia does to political opponents? 😂
Тебе бы мозги вылечить а то вы мусульмане совсем уже умом тронулись🤦🏻♂️
When ruzzian missile striking at night to ppls buillding in Ukraine is that an act of terror or just well lets kill
This is not a planned attack by Ukrainian or any other special force team. If he was hit multiple times with a pistol then a well trained operative would have got a head shot.
Pootler next
The killer killed.
Good job!
Russia's way of killing it's own. Now they'll find some poor homeless guy and scapegoat him or her. OR continue blaming Ukraine!
Russian putin has vlood for killings syrian peoples they think russia can go free from their crimes in syria using chemical weapons genocide of syrian people
RUSSIA MUST SPEAK IN ITS LOUDEST VOICE POSSIBLE
… and then she has to listen to “the loudest voice possible”.
God bless Russian, Glory to Russian in Jesus Mighty Name Amen, Salam Alaikum, wa Alaikum Salaam??;!
KARMA!!!!
Since they can’t beat the Russians on the frontline , the Ukrainians have to use TERRORISM to keep up …. It’s kind of sad how deluded Kiev is now …
The Russians have been fighting a 3-day War for over 4 years now against a vastly larger force with more money thrown into the mix. I'm pretty sure the Ukrainians know to win.
The Ukrainians will never never never give you a peace treaty under your Russian demands. The war will carry on for years to come if you do not concede Russia and then maybe another million Russians will be dead or wounded.
No, it'll end pretty quickly once Trump and the Republicans are out of office.
@mrgrinch837 so therefore another three years of misery for everyone in central and eastern Europe
@WILLIAM1690WALESunfortunately we have a bunch of mindless morons who voted in imbecilic felon in command of the country. Until this jackass gets thrown out of office, and even if he was impeached tomorrow you cannot rely on the vice president to do anything better because he's been saying worse things about the ukrainians. They all need to go. Until that happens we will not be able to give 100% of our support to the Ukrainian government.
They are doing the same as they did with Iranian 🇮🇷 generals but secretly that’s cia tactic
Aren’t these persons military?! So, you reason that they should not be targeted?!
Being a general and living in an apartment lol.
Sign of atrue democracy
Good for him
CIA is very strong in Russia
WHY IS RUSSIA 🇷🇺 NOT ACTING STRONG AND FULL FORCE??
I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE TAKING IN MIND THEIR PARTNERS IN BRICS+.
BUT EVEN CHIMA AND INDIA 🇮🇳 INCLUDING MANY OTHERS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF AMERICA 🇺🇸
RUSSIA SHOULD GET IN AND FINISH THE JOB ONCE AND FOR ALL
Seems it's only when they get to Putin that Russia will start taking this seriously.
Russians living on the territory of Ukraine 🇺🇦 are its citizens 🏳️♂️ and an integral part of Ukrainian society 👥. Ukrainian society is the people of Ukraine 🇺🇦, and Russians are the country's indigenous people, not newcomers 👤.
In Ukraine, there is a "Russian nationality". They have their own culture 🎭, writing ✍️, language 🗣️ and Orthodox faith ☦️. However, the Ukrainian authorities claim that there are no Russians in the country 🇱🇷 and never have been. According to them, there is no Russian nationality.
Did you take part in the genocide of Russians on the territory of Ukraine? 😲...
Funny, when people speak a completely different language it's a tell that they don't actually come from there.
During the collapse of the Soviet Union, a large number of people of Russian nationality lived in Ukrainian civil society. These people were an integral part of the people of Ukraine. If you look at the population census data, you can see that a significant number of local residents of Russian nationality lived in the country.
Nowadays in Ukraine, it is often heard that Russians do not exist, that they have never been a part of Ukrainian society. If we look at the facts, we can see that this is not the case. The question arises: where did the whole nation go? Where did the Russians, who were an integral part of Ukrainian society, disappear to?
It seems that the genocide of an entire nation was organized. Where did the people disappear to? With whose money was the destruction of an entire nation carried out? Who was the customer of this crime?
We can say that the customer is located in Ukraine itself. After all, as you know, whoever pays, orders the music. The West, which had previously committed genocide against other peoples, continues to do so today...
Hop he doesn't make it!
General Alekseyev is conscious and talking, although his wounds are, of course, severe. Two bullets struck him in the abdomen, and one in the leg. There were no chest wounds. The killer was clearly unprepared for a fight.
The Ryazan Airborne School graduate immediately realized what was happening and, in the narrow elevator lobby, immediately closed in on the killer, preventing him from raising his pistol to head level. The leg wound suggests that Alekseev intercepted the gunman's hand. He even managed to pull it back on the killer. This reaction saved the general's life. His wife applied a tourniquet to his leg and covered the wounds with whatever was at hand before medics arrived.
I hope like with any war criminal/war lord in Russia. He was hit hard enough; 💩tin is the one that staged this attempt to undermine peace talks. "He'd 've been shown a window", instead.
Putin had this done. The General had made negative comments about Putin's handling of the war.
Thanks Aljazeera