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Russian drone factory director badly injured in car explosion
Investigators opened an attempted murder case after the blast killed his driver and left Vladimir Tkachuk in intensive care, Russian media 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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Total News Sources89
Leaning Left14Leaning Right24Center20Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Right
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- 41% of the sources lean Right
41% Right
L 24%
C 35%
R 41%
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