The Russian Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday that the two men arrested on charges of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Alekseev, the second in command of the Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), claimed that the attack was ordered by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), writes Kyiv Post.
Liubomir Korba and Viktor Vasin were arrested in Dubai and extradited to Russia, accused of shooting and injuring Vladimir Alekseev last week.
The FSB stated that Korba was recruited in August 2025, trained in Kiev, and sent to Russia via Moldova and Georgia, with the Ukrainian security service promising him $30,000 for the attack. The Russian agency also claimed that the Polish intelligence services were involved in Korba’s recruitment, using his son, a Polish citizen living in Katowice. No evidence was provided.
Russian security officials stated that Korba had been surveilling senior military officers in Moscow and received orders in December to assassinate Alekseev.
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