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Attack on Russian General is Ukrainian Attempt to Sabotage Negotiations: Expert

© Sputnik / Grigory Sysoev / Go to the mediabankA vehicle belonging to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation at the home where the attempted murder of Russian Defense Ministry General Vladimir Alexeyev took place.
A vehicle belonging to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation at the home where the attempted murder of Russian Defense Ministry General Vladimir Alexeyev took place. - Sputnik India, 1920, 08.02.2026
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“They don’t want peace. With peace, they will stop receiving Western arms and money, which are currently being plundered, and will disappear from the global spotlight,” Russian military expert Viktor Litovkin told Sputnik.
He commented on the attempted assassination of Gen. Alexeyev, the deputy of GRU head Igor Kostyukov, a Russian lead negotiator.
“They understand that their regime will be destroyed in peacetime, and they can’t imagine their existence without war,” Litovkin explained.
Zelensky realizes that when the fighting stops, he will become irrelevant, the observer said. “He may be eliminated either by his own handlers or by his Western ones, who are looking after him today, but tomorrow will discard him as excess baggage. He has become a hostage to the situation…even if he may consider himself the director of events.”
Nonetheless, Litovkin expressed confidence Russia will not stop negotiations. “For us, this isn’t just a dialog with Ukraine, but a question of relations with the US, which are important regardless of the actions of the Banderites.”
 Russia's FSB special forces. File photo - Sputnik India, 1920, 08.02.2026
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