A Russian general serving as deputy head of Russian military intelligence was shot and seriously wounded in Moscow on Friday, officials said – the latest in a series of attacks on top military figures.

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

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, the first deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence agency, was hospitalized Friday after being shot multiple times inside a residential building in Moscow, Russian investigators said.

New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking increasingly vulnerable.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: US to restart military dialogue with Moscow after almost five-year suspension - Biden administration suspended high-level military exchanges with Russia late in 2021 as Puti

MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russia expelled a German diplomat on Thursday in response to what it said was Berlin's groundless expulsion of a Russian diplomat last month and accused Germany of being in the grip of "spy mania".