Ukrainian assassination plot suspects surveyed multiple Russian MOD officials – FSB

The agency says it has made a third arrest in connection with an attempt on the life of General Vladimir Alekseyev

The suspects in an assassination attempt on Russian General Vladimir Alekseyev had monitored several other high-ranking Defense Ministry officials, the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said.

Alekseyev, the first deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency GUR, was shot on Friday in the corridor of his apartment building in Moscow.

The prime suspect in the case is 65-year-old Ukrainian-born Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba. He was arrested in the United Arab Emirates at Russia’s request and transferred to Moscow over the weekend. Kiev has denied any involvement in the attack.

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