Head of sanctioned Russian drone company critically injured in shooting in Russia's Tula

An Ovod drone. Photo: RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet

Andrei Cherezov, the head of a sanctioned drone manufacturer that produces Ovod FPV drones and other systems, was targeted in an assassination attempt in the Russian city of Tula overnight on 28-29 July.

Source: Russian news outlet RBC; Russian TV channel REN TV; Russian Telegram channel Mash; OSINT Varta intelligence group

Details: An unidentified gunman shot Cherezov several times in the stairwell of his apartment building. According to his wife, three shots were fired before the attacker fled the scene.

Head of sanctioned Russian drone company critically injured in shooting in Russia's Tula

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