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In the village of Bolshoy Istok, near Ekaterinburg, a Mercedes was blown up. It is about the car of Vladimir Tkachuk, the director of the Uraldrone Factory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Tkachuk was injured. He was admitted to the intensive care unit, writes The Moscow Times<\/a>. Telegram channels from Russia report that he failed to get into the car, and his bodyguard has died.<\/p>\n\n

Tkachuk is known as the developer of the “Upyr” drones. These are used both against infantry and heavy equipment, and have been used against American Abrams tanks.<\/p>\n\n

On July 29, Andrei Cherezov, the founder of the Russian Air Transport Laboratory (RLVT), was attacked in Tula. An unknown assailant opened fire on him at the entrance of a building, the man being seriously injured and hospitalized. He was also involved in the production of drones, software, and specialized communication equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the village of Bolshoy Istok, near Ekaterinburg, a Mercedes was blown up. It is about the car of Vladimir Tkachuk, the director of the Uraldrone Factory. Tkachuk was injured. He was admitted to the intensive care unit, writes The Moscow Times. Telegram channels from Russia report that he failed to get into the car,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":119217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[18875,18874,14973,17047,18772],"class_list":["post-119223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foreign-affairs-en","tag-car","tag-death-4","tag-drone-2","tag-explosion-2","tag-factory-3"],"yoast_head":"\nThe car of the director of a Russian company that produced drones, blown up. 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