Russian drone factory chief wounded in car blast: state media

MOSCOW: The CEO of a Russian drone factory has been seriously wounded in a “car explosion,” Russian state media reported Wednesday, in what appeared to be a second assassination attempt on a Russian defense official in days. Vladimir Tkachuk, 35, is head of Yekaterinburg-based drone manufacturer Uraldronzavod. Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported that his Mercedes exploded in the village of Bolshoy Istok, just outside Yekaterinburg. The circumstances of the incident and when it took place were not immediately clear. “Vladimir Tkachuk was injured in a car explosion.