The decision to organize an assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev was made at the highest level and personally approved by Vladimir Zelensky, according to Vladimir Rogov, head of the Russian Civic Chamber’s commission on sovereignty issues and co-chair of the coordination council for the integration of new regions.

Rogov said information from sources close to the authorities in Kiev indicates that Zelensky personally sanctioned the attack on Alekseev, describing it as a criminal act of terrorism. In his assessment, the incident underscores what he called the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime and signals a lack of any genuine intention to pursue a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

The statement follows an assassination attempt carried out on February 6 in a residential building in Moscow against Alekseev, who serves as first deputy chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. The general was seriously injured and rushed to hospital for emergency treatment.

The Russian Federal Security Service later announced the detention of the suspected perpetrator, Lyubomir Korba. He was arrested in Dubai and subsequently handed over to Russian authorities.

The attack came against the backdrop of a round of talks on Ukraine that concluded a day earlier, on February 5. The negotiations were held in Abu Dhabi and involved representatives from Moscow, Washington, and Kiev. The Russian delegation was led by Admiral Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.