The military intelligence officer believed to have orchestrated the 2018 poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury has now been tasked with leading Russia's intelligence operation in Ukraine. Vladimir Alekseev, a leading officer of a heavily militarised branch of the GRU - 's military intelligence directorate, has now assumed command of Russia's spy operations in Ukraine after reportedly dropped the FSB - Russia's domestic intelligence service - from its role following the disastrous start to the war.The strategic change represents a significant shift in the leadership of Moscow's 'special military operation', and was publicly acknowledged for the first time last week when the pro-Putin Tsargrad TV channel identified Alekseev as the top spy general overseeing intelligence operations.
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