A TOP Russian spy chief behind the Salisbury poisonings has been shot multiple times in Moscow in a failed assassination attempt, reports say. Kremlin crony Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev,

Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev has been shot multiple times in Moscow by an unknown assailant, Russian media citing investigators said on Feb 6. He has been rushed to hospital and the gunman fled the scene, according to reports.

A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia blamed on Ukraine.

A senior ‍ Russian military official, lieutenant general Vladimir Alexeyev, ‍was rushed to hospital after being shot in Moscow on ‌Friday, state media reported, citing ⁠investigators. Alexeyev is deputy chief of ‌the ​main ‍directorate of the general staff at Russia’s defence ministry.

A senior Russian military official was shot in Moscow early Friday and has been hospitalized, authorities said.

Russian officials said the deputy chief of military intelligence, Vladimir Alekseyev, was targeted by "an unidentified individual."