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Russian FPV Drone Developer Reportedly Wounded in Tula Assassination Attempt
Investigators said the businessman was shot three times and hospitalized, while the suspect has not been identified.
- On July 29, a gunman shot Andrey Cherezov, head of the Russian Air Transport Laboratory, three times in the stairwell of an apartment building on Mikheyev Street in Tula, about 150 kilometres south of Moscow.
- Cherezov's company is best known for developing the "Ovod" family of combat drones used by Russian forces in Ukraine, though it recently received orders to supply unmanned aircraft systems to Voronezh State Technical University.
- The attack occurred at around 1 a.m. as Cherezov returned home from work; his wife heard three shots but did not see the assailant, subsequently calling an ambulance.
- Prosecutors opened a criminal case for "attempted murder," with the Tula branch of the Investigative Committee stating those involved in the attack are being "identified."
- Kyiv has targeted various Russian defense figures since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, though the Ukrainian administration made no immediate comment on this latest incident.
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A Russian contractor designing the Ovod drones, used in the war in Ukraine, was injured on Wednesday in an attempt to assassinate Tula in western Russia, the local authorities announced.
·Bucharest, Romania
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The director and founder of a drone development and manufacturing company was injured in a shooting in Russia on Wednesday night, with prosecutors calling the incident an attempt on his life.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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On Wednesday night, an unknown person shot Andrei Cherezov, the head of the sanctioned drone company Russian Air Transport Laboratory, in Tula, Russia, according to Russian media.
·Tallinn, Estonia
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