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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In the Russian town of Tula shots are fired in front of a businessman's house. Andrey Cheresov was taken to the hospital.
Assassination attempt reported against Russian drone company head in Tula
An assassination attempt has been made in the stairwell of a residential building in the Russian city of Tula against the head of a company specializing in drone development, according to a report by RIA Novosti citing the regional office of the Russian Investigative Committee on Wednesday, July 29. Telegram channels Mash and "112" have identified the victim as Andrey Cherezov, the head of the company "Russian Laboratory of Air Transport." Accor…
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.
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