By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A top Russian military intelligence official was shot in his Moscow apartment building and rushed to hospital on Friday, investigators said, the latest in a series of assassination attempts Russia has blamed on Ukraine.

Two suspects have been arrested following the shooting of the deputy head of Russian military intelligence, Vladimir Alexeyev, Russian state media reported on Sunday. The alleged perpetrator,

Russian authorities say a deputy chief of its military intelligence agency has been shot and wounded. Officials say Lt. Gen.

The FSB said a Russian citizen named Lyubomir Korba was arrested in Dubai on suspicion of carrying out the attack. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of being behind the attempted assassination, saying it was aimed at undermining peace talks. Ukraine denied any involvement.

Russia launched more than 440 drones and missiles into the country overnight, officials in Kyiv said on Saturday, in Moscow's latest major long-range attack.

The Kremlin said Russian and US negotiators agreed on the urgent need to launch new nuclear arms talks after New START expired, as Washington pushed to include China in any future treaty.

EADaily, February 6th, 2026. In the north-west of Moscow, an attempt was made on the first deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (already GU, renamed) General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant-General Vladimir Alekseev.

A major fire engulfed a Moscow building housing Russian media outlets including Izvestia, REN TV and Channel Five today, forcing an emergency evacuation