On Feb. 6, a carefully planned assassination attempt unfolded inside a luxury apartment building in Moscow. The target: Vladimir Alekseyev, deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) and one of the key architects of the invasion of Ukraine.
This episode of Point of Impact reconstructs how the operation was executed – from recruitment of local assets and surveillance inside the building to the moment shots were fired at close range.
We examine:
– Alekseyev’s career inside the GRU and his role in Wagner operations
– His connection to war crimes in Ukraine and abroad
– How Ukrainian intelligence allegedly built a proxy network inside Moscow
– The escape route, arrests, and Russia’s official response
– Why this attack signals a new phase of the war inside Russia itself
As Moscow blames Ukraine and Ukraine denies involvement, one fact remains: the battlefield has reached the corridors of Russian power.