Video Summary - ⚡Генерала в Москві РОЗСТРІЛЯЛИ САМІ РОСІЯНИ? Хочуть ЗІРВАТИ ПЕРЕГОВОРИ. Хто за цим стоїть?

Assassination attempt on GRU deputy chief in Moscow

Around 7:00 a.m. in the elevator lobby of a high‑rise residential building in northwest Moscow, Lieutenant General Vladimir (Alekseev / Aleksev) — first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (formerly GRU) — was shot in the back several times as he was leaving his apartment.
He was wounded in the arm, leg and chest. His condition was described as serious and he was hospitalized.
Surveillance and scene footage was shown by media.

Alekseev is a very high‑ranking Russian military intelligence officer.
Responsibilities attributed to him include:
- Intelligence support for Russian strikes in Ukraine (including targeting civilian and energy infrastructure).
- Legalizing Russian control in occupied territories and organizing referendums.
- Coordinating volunteer/military formations and private military companies (notably linked with Wagner and later the Redut formation).
He has been involved in operations in Syria and in actions against separatist commanders (e.g., LPR commander Pavel Mozgovoi), giving him many potential enemies inside Russia and abroad.

Russian authorities (including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov) quickly blamed Ukraine, saying Kyiv aimed to sabotage ongoing peace negotiations.
Ukrainian sources (including Live News / the presidential office) deny involvement and suggest a third party might have staged the attempt to derail the talks.
Commentators and the video host consider it plausible that internal Russian factions or actors who oppose negotiations could be responsible.
The attack coincided with Admiral Kastyukov — Alekseev’s superior and head of the Russian negotiating team — being in Abu Dhabi engaged in talks with Ukrainian negotiators (including Kirill Budanov). This timing fuels theories the shooting was intended to disrupt negotiations or to create a pretext to blame Kyiv.

Possible motives for a staged provocation:
- Internal Kremlin infighting or disputes within the military leadership.
- Actors who benefit from continued war or who want to discredit the peace process.
Another angle: Russia could use an attack to claim Ukraine sabotaged talks and thereby justify political or military responses or to influence external actors.
The host argued it was unlikely Ukraine would carry out a botched assassination that left the target alive, noting Ukrainian services are portrayed as completing such operations when they undertake them; conducting a failed attempt would risk angering negotiators and external partners.

The report is speculative: it presents the facts of the shooting and weighs rival explanations (Russian accusation of Ukrainian responsibility, Ukrainian denial, and the possibility of internal Russian sabotage).
The narrator leans toward skepticism of the Russian claim that Ukraine carried out the attack and emphasizes the plausibility of internal actors or a third party seeking to undermine negotiations.

Media/sources: Russian media footage; Live News (Noviny Live); presidential office statements; public statements by Sergei Lavrov.
Presenters / contributors referenced in the video:
- Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev (victim)
- Admiral Kastyukov (Alekseev’s superior, head of Russian negotiating group)
- Kirill Budanov (Ukrainian negotiator)
- Sergei Lavrov (Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs)
- Yevgeny Prigozhin (Wagner leader — archive photo shown)
- Igor Gerasimov and Sergey Shoigu (referenced in Wagner context)
- Pavel (Mozgovoi) — LPR commander referenced as previously eliminated
- Third World (YouTube channel narrator), Live News / Noviny Live, Russian media outlets, presidential office sources