Putin's 'Hero' Attacked: GRU Deputy Chief Shot in Moscow, Shooter Nabbed in Dubai

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Putin's 'Hero' Attacked: GRU Deputy Chief Shot in Moscow, Shooter Nabbed in Dubai
- •Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, Deputy Chief of Russia's Military Intelligence Agency (GRU), was shot multiple times in his Moscow apartment.
- •The Russian security agency FSB claims Ukrainian intelligence orchestrated the 'terrorist attack' to derail peace talks.
- •The suspected shooter, Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba, was apprehended in Dubai and handed over to Russia.
- •General Alekseev, a 'Hero of Russia' for his role in Syria, was also a key figure during the Wagner mutiny.
- •The attack occurred immediately after peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US concluded in Abu Dhabi.
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