Lieutenant General Vladimir ‍Alekseyev is fighting for his life after being shot several times in a Moscow apartment building - and Russia is blaming Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly sent his top diplomatic adviser to meet with Kremlin officials on Tuesday after he previously called on European leaders not to allow themselves be sidelined as the U.

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.

RIA Novosti said a jet allegedly linked to Donald Trump's U.S. Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, landed in Moscow on Tuesday.

In a video-link call broadcast on Russian state television, Putin said the Moscow-Beijing relationship was an important stabilizing factor at a time of growing global turbulence.

Moscow has given a positive assessment of the Ukraine-Russia peace talks mediated by the United States in the United Arab Emirates. "Two days of constructive and at the same time very complex work

Spokesman says Elysee Palace neither confirmed nor denied the development, so Russia will do the same ‘out of a sense of solidarity’ - Anadolu Ajansı

Sergei Lavrov blames shooting of Vladimir Alekseyev on Ukraine but does not back up Kremlin claim with evidence