It became known that around 07:00, the lieutenant general left his apartment to head to work. A service vehicle with a driver was waiting for him outside. On the landing, Alekseev encountered a stranger who, according to preliminary data, was disguised as a food delivery person. The assailant, possibly a woman, wounded the general in the arm and leg, and at the moment when he tried to seize the weapon, also shot him in the chest.
The victim was hospitalized in one of the city hospitals, and his condition is assessed as serious, as one of the bullets hit vital organs. However, there is currently no official information regarding Alekseev's health status.A criminal case has been initiated regarding this incident.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as reported by RBC, called this assassination attempt a terrorist act, claiming that its aim is to disrupt negotiations with Ukraine.
Lavrov refrained from making predictions about the further course of the negotiation process, noting that this is a matter for the country's leadership.
“This terrorist act once again confirms the intentions of the regime [of Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky to provoke and disrupt negotiations, as well as the desire to keep its Western allies from retreating from the course towards a just settlement,” the minister added.
