Russian drone factory director badly injured in car explosion
Tkachuk was hospitalized in critical condition after the blast, and his driver was killed, Tass reported.
- On Wednesday, a car explosion in Yekaterinburg severely wounded Vladimir Tkachuk, CEO of Uraldronzavod, and killed his driver, Tass reported.
- Tkachuk led the Uraldronzavod factory manufacturing Upyr drones for the Russian military, cheap first-person view systems troops valued for jamming resistance.
- Russian security agencies have not named suspects in the explosion, which follows a series of recent attacks against senior military officials since February 2022.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has previously described such incidents as a "brutal terrorist act," while Russian authorities have blamed Kyiv for similar attacks.
- Hours prior to the blast, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of the attack, claiming the timing would be a typical calling card for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The CEO of Russian drone manufacturer Uraldronzavod Vladimir Tkachuk was seriously injured in a car explosion on the outskirts of Yekaterinburg, Russian media reported. His driver and bodyguard were reportedly killed in the explosion, foreign news agencies reported.
Russian drone developer seriously injured in car explosion in Yekaterinburg
Vladimir Tkachuk, CEO of Uraldronzavod and creator of the Telegram channel Povernutye na voine (“Obsessed with the war”), was injured in Yekaterinburg when his Mercedes exploded, according to the Russian business daily Kommersant and the Russian state news agency TASS.
In the vicinity of Yekaterinburg, a car explodes, the inmate is seriously injured. It is the second attack within a few days. The aim of the attacks are apparently high-ranking representatives of the Russian armaments industry.
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